Therefore they will be like the morning cloud, And like the dew that passes away early, Like the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, And like the smoke out of the chimney.
      IV. Threatenings of wrath for their idolatry. The Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God, and will not give his glory to another; and therefore all those that worship images shall be confounded, especially if Ephraim do it, Psalms 97:7. Because they are so fond of kissing their calves, therefore God will give them sensible convictions of their folly, Hosea 14:3; Hosea 14:3. They promise themselves a great deal of safety and satisfaction in the worship of their idols, and that their prosperity will thereby be established; but God tells them that they shall be disappointed, and driven away in their wickedness. This is illustrated by four similitudes:--They shall be, 1. As the morning cloud, which promises showers of rain to the parched ground. 2. As the early dew, which seems to be an earnest of such showers. But both pass away, and the day proves as dry and hot as ever; so fleet and transitory their profession of piety was (Hosea 6:4; Hosea 6:4), and so had they disappointed God's expectation from them, and therefore it is just that so their prosperity should be, and so their expectations from their idols should be disappointed, and so will all theirs be that make an idol of this world. 3. They are as the chaff, light and worthless; and they shall be driven as the chaff is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor,Psalms 1:4; Psalms 25:5; Job 21:18. Nay, 4. They are as the smoke, noisome and offensive (see Isaiah 65:5), and they shall be driven away as the smoke out of the chimneys, that is soon dissipated and disappears, Psalms 68:2. Note, No solid lasting comfort is to be expected any where but in God.