otherwise, as Bochart has proved from various writers, these creatures go in flocks:Ephraim hath hired lovers; by giving presents to the kings of Assyria and Egypt, to be their allies and confederates, patrons and defenders, 2Ki 15:19; who are represented as their gallants, with whom Ephraim or the ten tribes committed adultery, departing from God their Husband, and liege Lord and King, and from his true worship; see Eze 16:26.
R. Elias Levita observes, that some interpret the words, "Ephraim made a covenant with lovers". wle hmh yk "quamvis, etiamsi ascenderint"; so Schmidt observes it may be rendered, though he chooses to render it by "quando", "when they should go up", &c.
wl ddwb arp "erunt onager, qui solitarius sibi est", Schmidt. Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 3. c. 16. col. 870. Tishbi, p.