Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Hosea 4:12

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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Instances of their understanding ("heart") being "taken away." stocks--wooden idols (Jer 2:27; Hab 2:19). staff--alluding to divination by rods (see on Eze 21:21-22). The diviner, says ROSENMULLER, threw a rod from him, which was stripped of its bark on one side, not on the other: if the bare side turned uppermost, it was a good omen; if the side with the bark, it was a bad omen. The Arabs used two rods, the one marked God bids, the other, God forbids; whichever came out first, in drawing them out of a case, gave the omen for, or against, an undertaking. declareth--that is, is consulted to inform them of future events. spirit of whoredoms--a general disposition on the part of all towards idolatry (Hos 5:4). err--go astray from the true God. from under their God--They have gone away from God under whom they were, as a wife is under the dominion of her husband.

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