"All their wickedness is in Gilgal; For there I hated them. Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of my house! I will love them no more. All their princes are rebels.
      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.