Psalms 106:19 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Psalms 106:19

17 ^aThe earth opened up and swallowed Dathan,
And covered the faction of Abiram.

18 ^aA fire was kindled in their company;
The flame burned up the wicked.

19 ^aThey made a calf in Horeb,
And worshiped the molded image.

20 Thus ^athey changed their glory
Into the image of an ox that eats grass.

21 They forgot God their Savior,
Who had done great things in Egypt,

22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham,
Awesome things by the Red Sea.

23 ^aTherefore He said that He would destroy them,
Had not Moses His chosen one ^bstood before Him in the breach,
To turn away His wrath, lest He destroy them.

24 Then they despised ^athe pleasant land;
They ^bdid not believe His word,

25 ^aBut complained in their tents,
And did not heed the voice of the Lord.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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From indirect setting God at naught, they pass to direct.

made—though prohibited in Exodus 20:4-5 to make a likeness, even of the true God.

calf—called so in contempt. They would have made an ox or bull, but their idol turned out but a calf; an imitation of the divine symbols, the cherubim; or of the sacred bull of Egyptian idolatry. The idolatry was more sinful in view of their recent experience of God's power in Egypt and His wonders at Sinai (Exodus 32:1-6). Though intending to worship Jehovah under the symbol of the calf, yet as this was incompatible with His nature (Deuteronomy 4:15-17), they in reality gave up Him, and so were given up by Him. Instead of the Lord of heaven, they had as their glory the image of an ox that does nothing but eat grass.

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