Matthew Poole and continuators on Hosea 13:3

3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaffe that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

For these sins in multiply'd Idolatries and trusting to Idols.

Ephraim his King, his Captains, his Fortresses and Aids.

In the day of the Assyrian invasion, suddenly, easily, totally and finally dispersed, expressed here by four similes, every one very apt and [illegible: 1 letter]ull, clear and easie to be understood.

Marginal references: chap. 6.4.; Dan. 2.35.