I have surely heard] Heb. hearing heard. Exodus 22:22.
Ephraim] The people of Israel in captivitie, Isaiah 7:2.
I was chastised] I was by thy chastisement taught my dutie: as Chap. 6. 8.
as a bullock] Or, I was as a bullock. to wit, before I was chastised.
unaccustomed to the yoke] Heb. not taught. Chap. 2. 24. Wanton; and not enduring the yoke. Hosea 10:11.
turn thou me] They desire God to turn them; as not able to tur without him; and to alter their present distressed estate, Psal. 80. 3, 7, 19. Lamentations 5:21.