The wind has bound her up in her wings - When God brought Israel out of Egypt, He bare them on eagle’s wings, and brought them unto Hims…

The Authorised Version is here very defective. Translate, Their carousal has become degraded; with whoring they whore. Her shields love shame. …

If this rendering is approved, The wind hath bound her in its wings, the meaning is that a sudden storm would sweep away the people, and s…

The wind has bound her up in her wings
That is, the wind in its wings has bound up Ephraim, Israel, or the ten tribe…

The people consulted images and not the Divine Word. This would lead to disorder and sin. Thus people prepare scourges for themselves, and vice is …