shall bring upon thee] A worse evill then thou at present fearest, shall befall thee and thine, from those, whom ye least suspect.
Ephraim] Israel, the ten tribes; as before, vers. 2.
departed from Iudah;] Under Rehoboam, 2 King. 12. 16,-20.
even the] Or, by the. as vers. 20.
king of Assyria.] On whom thou now reliest, 2 Kings 16:7.