The Lord is not with Israel. — Comp. 2 Chronicles 19:2; 2 Chronicles 20:37; also 2 Chronicles 16:7.
To wit, with all the children of Ephraim. — Added as an explanation of the term Israel. Ephraim was the name of the northern kingdom (Hosea 5:11; Hosea 5:14; Hosea 6:4, and passim).