III---Ephraim's Aliyah Has Begun...!

Only Ephraim has given up building "trophy" houses.  He dwells once again in tents of sojourning.  Ephraim's gods are melting and crumbling in the fiery furnace of Egypt's afflictions---thence they are cast to the ground.  
"I have heard Ephraim bemoaning, 'Thou hast chastened me, and I was chastened, like an untrained calf; bring me back that I may be restored, for thou art Yahweh my God.  For after I had turned away I repented; and after I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh;  I was ashamed, and I was confounded because I bore the disgrace of my youth.' 
"Is Ephraim my dear son?  Is he my darling child?  For as often as I speak against him, I do remember him still.  Therefore my heart yearns for him;  I will surely have mercy on him says Yahweh."

Ephraim's Aliyah has begun...!