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My people ask counsel at - (literally, “on”) their stocks. They ask habitually; and that, in dependence “on their stocks.” The word “wood” i…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Their stocks.—Blocks of wood fashioned into idols (Hebrew, his wood, the collective singular being maintained).
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
The Prophet here calls the Israelites the people of God, not to honor them, but rather to increase their sin; for their treachery was the more hein…
John Gill
JohnGill
My people ask counsel at their stocks
Or "at his wood" {a}, or stick; his wooden image, as the Targum; their wooden …
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
The people consulted images and not the Divine Word. This would lead to disorder and sin. Thus people prepare scourges for themselves, and vice is …
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Albert Barnes
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