Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
upon . . . mountains—High places were selected by idolaters on which to sacrifice, because of their greater nearness to the heavenly hosts which they worshipped (Deuteronomy 12:2).
elms—rather, "terebinths" [MAURER].
shadow . . . good—screening the lascivious worshippers from the heat of the sun.
daughters . . . commit whoredom . . . spouses . . . adultery—in the polluted worship of Astarte, the Phœnician goddess of love.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Hosea 4:13:
Deuteronomy 12:2
Isaiah 15:5
Isaiah 65:7
Hosea 4:18
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