For - This verse may assign the reasons for God’s displeasure, mine anger is kindled; or for Israel’s impenitence, How…

It is best to abandon the Masoretic punctuation, and translate, For it (i.e., the calf) is from Israel (not of Divine or…

The beginning of this verse is not correctly explained, in my opinion, by those who connect the demonstrative pronoun הוא, eva, as if it h…

For from Israel [was] it also
That is, the calf was from Israel; it was an invention of theirs, as some say; they di…

They promised themselves plenty, peace, and victory, by worshipping idols, but their expectations came to nothing. What they sow has no stalk, no b…