For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
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Gill's Exposition
For they are gone up to Assyria,.... Or, "though they should go up to Assyria" (g); to the king of Assyria, to gain his friendship, and enter into alliance with him; as, when Pal king of Assyria came…
Barnes' Notes
For they are gone up to Assyria - The ground of this their captivity is that wherein they placed their hope of safety. They shall be presently swallowed up; “for” they went to Asshur. The holy land…
Adam Clarke
They are gone up to Assyria - For succor.
A wild ass alone by himself - Like that animal, jealous of its liberty, and suffering no rival. If we may credit Pliny and others, one male wild ass will keep…
It was the honour and happiness of Israel that they had but one God to trust to and he all-sufficient in every strait, and but one God to serve, and he well worthy of all their devotions. But it was…
Cambridge Bible
gone up Used, like ἀναβαίνω, of going inland (-up the country").
a wild ass alone by himself Rather, a wild ass taking his own way by himself. The point of comparison is obstinacy. The wild ass is a…
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