Hosea 13:3

the early dew, &c. Rather, the night-mist that early passeth away. See on Hosea 6:4.

as the chaff … the floor A familiar figure, but here expressed with more fulness than usual. The point of it is partly in the elevated situation of -the floor" (comp. 1 Samuel 19:22 Sept.; 2 Samuel 24:18; 2 Chronicles 3:1), partly in the suddenness of the whirlwinds in Palestine, which start up -as if by magic or spirit-influence" (Thomson, The Land and the Book, p. 154).

chimney Rather, lattice.