4O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God. …
Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-11)Two things, two evil things, both Judah and Ephraim are here charged with, and justly accused of:— I. That they were not firm to their own convictions, but were unsteady, unstable as water , Hos. 6:4 , 5 . O Ephraim! what shall I do unto thee? O Judah! what shall I do unto thee ? This is a strange expression. Can Infinite Wisdom be at a loss what to do? Can it be nonplussed, or put upon taking new…
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