Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold, and of
my
silver, which I had given thee
Or "thy glorious vessels of gold and silver" F8;
meaning either the vessels of gold and silver in the temple, as
Jerom thinks, which they converted to idolatrous uses; or rather
their own household vessels of gold and silver which God had
given them, as the bounties of his providence, and he had still a
right unto, and which they made use of to the dishonour of his
name; which argued great ingratitude in them: and madest to
thyself images of men;
images in the shape of men; some were in the shape of women,
others in the shape of men; here only male images are mentioned,
because the idolatrous Jews are represented by an adulterous
woman committing adultery, with men; and these were made by
themselves, of their jewels of gold and silver; or of their
golden and silver vessels, which they had to eat and drink out
of; these, they melted down and made idols of them in the form of
men, just as the molten calf was made of the earrings of the
women, ( Exodus 32:3 Exodus 32:4 ) ; to
which some refer this passage: and as it was a piece of egregious
folly in themselves to part with their jewels and plate for such
purposes, and of great ingratitude to God, their benefactor, so
of the grossest stupidity and ignorance to worship images so
made; which was equally as stupid, or more so, than if a woman
should embrace the image of a man, instead of a man himself, as
it follows: and didst commit whoredom with
them:
the images: that is, idolatry, which is spiritual adultery.