after that I was turned rather (see preceding note), after I turned. Ephraim turns, and his repentance is the completion of his conversion. The Heb. text which seems to underlie the LXX rendering, viz. "after my captivity," is hardly to be accepted.

instructed by punishment. Cp. the use of the word "taught" (the same verb in the Hebrew), Judges 8:16.

I smote upon my thigh in token of contrition. Cp. Ezekiel 21:12.

the reproach of my youth the disgrace brought upon me by the sins of my earlier life as a nation.

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