They — i.e., the Ephraimites.

Did. — Continued doing.

After their former …

Trying, as far as ever they could, to link the old idolatries with the worship of the true God, which is the most loathsome in the sight of Most Hi…

Howbeit, they did not hearken, but did after their former
manner .
] They did not repe…

The terror of the Almighty will sometimes produce a forced or feigned submission in unconverted men, like those brought from different countries to…