Thus they changed
4171 {4171} Primeמוּרmuwr{moor}
A primitive root; to alter; by implication to barter, to dispose of.
z8686 <8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 4046
x853 (0853) Complementאֵת'eth{ayth}
Apparently contracted from H0226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely).
their glory
3519 {3519} Primeכָּבוֹדkabowd{kaw-bode'}
From H3513; properly weight; but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness.
into the similitude
8403 {8403} Primeתַּבְנִיתtabniyth{tab-neeth'}
From H1129; structure; by implication a model, resemblance.
of an ox
7794 {7794} Primeשׁוֹרshowr{shore}
From H7788; a bullock (as a traveller). wall used by mistake for H7791.
that eateth
398 {0398} Primeאָכַל'akal{aw-kal'}
A primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively).
z8802 <8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Active (See H8814) Count - 5386
grass.
6212 {6212} Primeעֵשֶׂב`eseb{eh'-seb}
From an unused root meaning to glisten (or be green); grass (or any tender shoot). |
Psalms 106:20
Their glory — God, who was indeed their glory. Into — Into the golden image of an ox or calf, which is so far from feeding his people, as the true God did the Israelites, that he must be fed by them. |
Psalms 106:20
Thus they changed their (k) glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
(k) He shows that all idolaters renounce God to be their glory when instead of him, they worship any creature much more wood, stone, metal or calves. |
- Thus:
Psalms 89:17 For thou [art] the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
Jeremiah 2:11 Hath a nation changed [their] gods, which [are] yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for [that which] doth not profit.
Romans 1:22-23 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, ... And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
|
- their glory:
- That is, their God, who ought to have been the peculiar object of their glory.
|
- into:
Exodus 20:4-5 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth: ... Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;
Isaiah 40:18-25 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? ... To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
|
  |
|
|
