The religious character of the restoration of the ten tribes. Chastisement brought repentance, and with it forgivene ; therefore God decrees their …

Is Ephraim my dear son? — Literally, a child of delight — that is, fondled and car…

Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child?

Or we may render it, "Is this Ephraim my dear son? Is this my pleasant child?" He is…

God here complains about the Israelites because He had produced so little effect on them by His great goodness. For the adoption with which He had …

[Is] Ephraim my dear son? &c.] Questions put in this form, in the Hebrew language, usually more vehemently deny; and then…

Here, the author addresses the penitent person, breaking the topic into three parts:

1. The divine mercy is presented.
2. The instr…