As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away, like a bird - Ephraim had parted with God, His true Glory. In turn, God would quickly take from …

From the birth ...—Or rather, so that there shall be no childbirth, nor pregnancy, nor conception—an ascending climax. Pr…

The Hebrews, we know, often have abrupt sentences, as in this place: Ephraim! their glory has fled. Ephraim is to be placed by itself. The…

[As for] Ephraim, their glory shall flee away like a bird ,
&c.] That is, suddenly, swiftly, and irrecoverably, and …