By a prophet he was preserved—or “kept.” Jacob “kept sheep” out of love of God, rather than unite himself with one alien from God. His poste…

A prophet. —Moses is here referred to, and there is, perhaps, a hint that the Lord would yet again save Israel from worse than Egy…

The Prophet now employs another kind of reproof—that the Israelites did not consider from what source they had come, and were forgetful of their or…

And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt

Or, "by the prophet"; the famous and most excellent prophet …

Ephraim became a merchant: the word also signifies a Canaanite. They carried on trade on Canaanite principles, covetously and with fraud and deceit…