I taught Ephraim also to go – Literally, “and I set Ephraim on his feet;” that is, while they were rebelling, I was helping and supporting t…

Read: Yet it was I who guided Ephraim’s steps, taking him by his arms. There is a beautiful parallel to this in Deuteronomy 32:10-11.

And burned incense to graven images. I taught Ephraim also to go, –

This child-nation was taught by God how to walk.

Here again God amplifies the sin of the people, by saying that by no kindness, even for a long time, could they be persuaded, or turned, or reforme…

I taught Ephraim also to go
All the tribes of Israel and Ephraim, or the ten tribes with the rest; these the Lord in…

When Israel were weak and helple like children, foolish and willful like children, then God loved them; He carried them as a nurse carries a nursin…