The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of—(that is, for) the calves of Beth-aven. He calls them in this place “cow-…

It is hard to express the sarcastic force and concentrated scorn of the original term "calves": literally, she calves, the feminine form u…

The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven:

Why, those calves are their trust. They rely upon those im…

I shall first briefly touch on what I have mentioned in reading over the text; that is, that some interpreters explain this verse as referring to t…

The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of
Bethaven
Or, "the cow …

A vine is only valuable for its fruit; but Israel now brought no fruit to perfection. Their hearts were divided. God is the Sovereign of the heart;…