My people consult with their wooded idol, And answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, And they have been unfaithful to their God.
a בעצו "in ligno suo", V. L. Montanus, Calvin; "liguum suum", Pagninus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. b Horat. Sermon. l. 1. Satyr. 8. c Alexand. ab Alex. Genial. Dier. l. 6. c. 26. d Arnobius adv. Gentes, l. 6. p. 232. e Moses Kotsensis praecept. neg. 52. f De Moribus German. c. 10. g Apud Drusium in Deut. xviii. 10.