Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
The whole seed of Ephraim - i. e., the whole of the nine northern tribes. Their casting out was a plain proof that the possession of the symbols of God' s presence does not secure a Church or nation from rejection, if unworthy of its privileges.
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