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Now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves.
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God's Way, Not Ours
Commentators stress the phrase "according to their own understanding." Israel's great sin was creating worship based on human ingenuity and preference rather than God's clear commands. John Calvin explains that in matters of worship, all human wisdom must be set aside for simple obedience to God's Word. Any worship we devise for ourselves, no matter how sincere or creative it seems, is a corruption.
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Hosea
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And now they sin more and more – Sin draws on sin. This seems to be a third stage in sin:
19th Century
Anglican
Ewald, following the hint of the Septuagint (who had a slightly different text), renders “according to their pattern of idols.” (Compare to the lan…
Baptist
And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the…
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16th Century
Protestant
In this verse, the Prophet amplifies the wickedness of the people, saying that they had not only cast aside the pure worship of God in one day and …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And now they sin more and more Since the times of Jeroboam, and also of Ahab, adding other deities to the calves, an…
As long as Ephraim maintained a holy fear of God and worshipped Him in that fear, he was very significant. When Ephraim abandoned God and followed …
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