Hos 13:1 | TNotes | STEP | 13:1 At the height of its power, the tribe of Ephraim evoked terror among other Israelites (see Isa 7:2 ). • and thus sealed their destruction (literally and he [Ephraim] died ): Because of their idolatry, they had cut themselves off from the Lord, the only true source of life.

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‏ Hosea 13:1

13:1 ^a At the height of its power, the tribe of Ephraim evoked terror among other Israelites (see Isa 7:2 ^b).

• and thus sealed their destruction (literally and he [Ephraim] died): Because of their idolatry, they had cut themselves off from the Lord, the only true source of life.