Ephraim shall be desolate - It shall not be lightly rebuked, nor even more grievously chastened. It shall not simply be wasted by f…

Here the Prophet asserts, plainly and without figurative language, that their punishment would not be slight or paternal. Instead, God would punish…

Ephraim shall he desolate in the day of rebuke The country of the ten tribes shall be laid desolate, the inhabitants of t…

The destruction of impenitent sinners is not mere talk, to frighten them; it is a sentence which will not be recalled. And it is a mercy that we ha…