This is either what we would call a metaphorical description of the weakening of the tribe of Ephraim by the disaster that had struck two of its pr…

And Ephraim their father mourned many days
For the loss of his son and grandchildren for the above fact was done whi…

No account is given here of either Zebulun or Dan. We can assign no reason why they alone should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of…