They lavish gold - The word used here properly means to shake out, and then to pour out abundantly, or in a lavish manner. It is us…

Lavishing gold out of bags. The Prophet had formerly said this, and he now repeats it, in order to fix this doctrine more and more deeply …

They lavish gold out of the bag
As if it was of no value and account; that is, the Heathen idolaters, some of them, …

Here the folly of those who made idols, and then prayed to them, is exposed. How does the lavishness of idolaters shame the stinginess of many who …

1. Bel is broken. Here the prophet foretells the destruction of the enemies holding the people captive, namely, the Babylonians, co…