Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hosea 8:5

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5. hath cast thee off —As the ellipsis of thee is unusual, MAURER translates, "thy calf is abominable. " But the antithesis to Hosea 8:3 establishes English Version, "Israel hath cast off the thing that is good"; therefore, in just retribution, "thy calf hath cast thee off," that is, is made by God the cause of thy being cast off ( Hosea 10:15 ). Jeroboam, during his sojourn in Egypt, saw Apis worshipped at Memphis, and Mnevis at Heliopolis, in the form of an ox; this, and the temple cherubim, suggested the idea of the calves set up at Dan and Beth-el. how long . . . ere they attain to innocency? —How long will they be incapable of bearing innocency? [MAURER]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-6" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-hos-8-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/hos-8-5

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological