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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Hosea 10:5 - 10:5
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fear because of the calves - that is, shall fear for them.
Beth-aven - substituted for Beth-el in contempt (Hos 4:15).
it - singular, the one in Beth-el; after the pattern of which the other “calves” (plural) were made. “Calves” in the Hebrew is feminine, to express contempt.
priests - The Hebrew is only used of idolatrous priests (2Ki 23:5; Zep 1:4), from a root meaning either “the black garment” in which they were attired; or, “to resound,” referring to their howling cries in their sacred rites [Calvin].
that rejoiced on it - because it was a source of gain to them. Maurer translates, “Shall leap in trepidation on account of it”; as Baal’s priests did (1Ki 18:26).
the glory thereof - the magnificence of its ornaments and its worship.