And Ephraim said, Yet I have become rich - Literally, “I am simply rich.” As if he were saying, “The only result of all this with w…

Translate, And Ephraim says, Surely I have become wealthy; I have gotten myself substance (i.e., by legitimate means, not robbery…

Here God complains by His prophet that the Israelites flattered themselves in their vices because their affairs were prospering and going according…

And Ephraim said, yet I am become rich
Notwithstanding they took such unjust methods, as to use deceitful balances, …

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