Hosea 13:1
When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling;
What it says
When Ephraim once spoke there was trembling, but by exalting himself through Baal he became guilty and died.
What it is doing
This verse opens the chapter by linking Ephraim's fall directly to idolatrous pride.
In context
1When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; 2Now they sin more and more 3Therefore they will be like the morning mist, 4Yet I am the LORD your God 5I knew you in the wilderness, 6When they had pasture, 7So like a lion I will pounce on them; 8Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them,