~ and Ephraim is ~ 24_JER_31_09  They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them, I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble, for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim [is] my firstborn. #, 28_HOS_10_11  And Ephraim [is as] an heifer [that is] taught, [and] loveth to tread out [the corn]; but I passed over upon her fair neck, I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, [and] Jacob shall break his clods. #,