An allusion is made here to some rite like the Roman “Lectisternia,” in which public tables were set forth for feasts in honor of idols.

Here God complains that the Jews turned their abundance of all things to perverse worship. For, as a husband who indulges his wife freely supplies …

My meat also which I gave you
Or "my bread" ^F9 ; a general name for all eatables. The Targum renders it, …

In this chapter, God's dealings with the Jewish nation and their conduct toward Him are described, along with their punishment through the surround…