When Ephraim spake (a) trembling, he (b) exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, (c) he died. (a) He shows the excellency and authority that this tribe had above all the rest. (b) He made a king of his tribe. (c) The Ephraimites are not far from destruction, and have lost their a... [ Continue Reading ]
And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, [and] idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, (d) Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves. (d) "Let the men that sacrifice" or "while they sacrifice men".... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet I [am] the LORD thy God (e) from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for [there is] no saviour beside me. (e) He calls them to repentance, and reproves their ingratitude.... [ Continue Reading ]
O Israel, thou (f) hast destroyed thyself; but in me [is] thine help. (f) Your destruction is certain, and my benefits toward you declare that it comes not from me: therefore your own malice, idolatry, and vain confidence in men must necessarily be the cause of it.... [ Continue Reading ]
(g) I will be thy king: where [is any other] that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes? (g) I am all one; (James 1:17).... [ Continue Reading ]
The iniquity of Ephraim [is] (h) bound up; his sin [is] hid. (h) It is surely laid up to be punished, as in (Jeremiah 17:1).... [ Continue Reading ]
The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he [is] an unwise son; for he should not stay long in [the place of] the (i) breaking forth of children. (i) But would come out of the womb, that is out of these dangers in which he is, and not wait to be suppressed.... [ Continue Reading ]
I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O (k) death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: (l) repentance shall be hid from mine eyes. (k) Meaning that no power will resist God when he will deliver his own, but even in death he will give t... [ Continue Reading ]