Matthew Poole Commentary - Hosea 10:6 - 10:6

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Hosea 10:6 - 10:6


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It; the golden calf made by Jeroboam the First, 1Ki_12:28.



Shall be carried; though it hath feet, it cannot go, it must be borne; as Isaiah derides the idols of Babylon, Isa_46:2,7 Jer 10:5; and it is carried in triumph. For a present; according to the custom of conquering generals, the rich and rare things of the conquered people were reserved for gifts to their kings; and here is a rarity indeed, a captive god, and it is rich, for it is made of gold.



King Jareb: see Hos_5:13.



Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed: the great confusion of this people is here foretold, and the certainty of it by the ingemination of the phrase: the Assyrians shall upbraid them with their brutish folly, to think that a god which could not keep itself from becoming a prey to insolent soldiers; and when thus taunted, Israel shall have nothing to answer, but must be silent with shame.



Of his own counsel; which is expressly mentioned 1Ki_12:28; it was against the counsel of God; and as they began, so they persisted in it by the same counsel.