Though they bring up their children, Yet I will bereave them, so that not a man shall be left. Indeed, woe also to them when I depart from them!
      1. How numerous Ephraim seemed likely to be. The name Ephraim is derived from fruitfulness,Genesis 41:51. Joseph is a fruitful bough,Genesis 49:22. And Moses's blessing foretold the ten thousands of Ephraim,Deuteronomy 33:17. This was his glory, Hosea 9:11; Hosea 9:11. For this he seemed designed by him that appoints the bounds of men's habitation; for Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place, to encourage his increase, which one may expect as from a tree planted by the river's side. Ephraim is as strong and rich as ever Tyre was, and as proud and secure. The Chaldee paraphrase gives this sense of it, The congregation of Israel, while they observed the law, was like to Tyrus in prosperity and security.