Hosea 13:2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding… 1. The start in life is fair and promising. 2. There is a wish to be a man before the age of manhood has been reached. 3. There is an aversion to religion, and an appetite for what is evil. 4. There is indulgence in vicious habits. 5. There is the silencing of all the remonstrances of conscience. 6. There is the defiance of irreligion and immorality. (G. Brooks.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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 work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves. |