Ephraim feeds on wind, and follows after the east wind - The East wind in Palestine, coming from Arabia and the far East over large…

East wind. — Compare Isaiah 27:8 and Job 27:21. On the latter passage Wetzstein remarks: "This wind is more frequent in winter and…

The Prophet here speaks out strongly against the vain hopes of the people, for they were so inflated with arrogance that they despised all instruct…

Ephraim feedeth on wind
Which will be no more profitable and beneficial to him than wind is to a man that opens his …

Ephraim feeds himself with vain hopes of help from man when he is in hostility with God. The Jews vainly thought to secure the Egyptians by a gift …