Psalms 78:58

“For they provoked him to anger with their high places, etc.] Which they built to Baal, and other Heathen dieties: and moved him to jealousy with their graven images; which they worshipped, (see <071006>Judges 10:6), which idolatry was spiritual adultery, and so made the Lord jealous of them, who stood in the relation of a husband to them, as a man becomes jealous by the unchaste and lascivious conduct of his wife; and such a course of life the Israelites lived, throughout the reigns of the judges, at certain seasons, until the times of Eli and Samuel, when the ark was carried captive, of which mention is made in the following verses.”

“For they provoked him to anger with their high places - places where idols were worshipped; usually on mountains or elevated places. Leviticus 26:30; compare 1Ki 3:2; 1 Kings 12:31-32; 2 Kings 17:32; 2 Chronicles 33:17. And moved him to jealousy - As one is when affections due to himself are bestowed upon another - as in the married life. “With their graven images.” Their idols. Graven images are here put for idols in general. return to 'Top of Page'”

“their high: Lev 26:30; Num 33:52; Deu 12:2, Deu 12:4; Eze 20:28, Eze 20:29 moved: Psa 79:5; Exo 34:14; Deu 32:16, Deu 32:17, Deu 32:21; Jdg 2:12, Jdg 2:20; Eze 8:3-5; Co1 10:22 with: Psa 97:7; Exo 20:4, Exo 20:5; Deu 4:16-25, Deu 27:15; Jdg 2:11, Jdg 2:17, Jdg 10:6; Kg1 11:7, Kg1 11:10; Kg1 12:31; Jer 8:19; Hos 13:2 Psalms 78:59”