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# General Information:
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Yahweh is speaking.
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# When Ephraim spoke
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Hosea uses the term "Ephraim" to refer to the entire northern kingdom, although it was also the name of one of the ten tribes. Hosea seems to be speaking of a long-past time, when the northern kingdom was strong and honored, unlike at the present time. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# there was trembling
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It is understood that people were trembling because they were afraid of Ephraim. This can be stated clearly. Alternate translation: "there was trembling among the people" or "people trembled in fear" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit])
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# He exalted himself in Israel
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Here "exalting" means to make oneself important. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# but he became guilty because of Baal worship, and he died
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When the people of Ephraim began worshiping Baal, they grew weak, and their enemies defeated them. Here "died" refers to the nation growing weak. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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