He took his brother by the heel in the womb - Whether or not the act of Jacob was beyond the strength ordinarily given to infants in the wom…

Had power.— Should be, strove. Prayers and tears were the weapons used in the memorable struggle for pardon, reconciliati…

In all this discourse the Prophet condemns the ingratitude of the people, and then he shows how shamefully they had departed from the example of th…

He took his brother by the heel in the womb
That is, Jacob took his brother Esau by the heel, as he came forth from his mother…

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 …