...they were taught to believe were present in such sacred places. " They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under...poplars, and elms, because the shadow thereof is good" (Hos. iv. 13). As these groves were the more immediate scenes of those impure and obscene rites which...

...etrong terms, the worship on high places. • They sacrifice upon the tops of the moontains, And bum incense upon the hills. Under oaks and poplars and elms, Because the shadow thereof is pood ; Therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, And your daughters-in-law Bhall commit adultery....

...offer sweet savour to all their idols." And (Hosea iv. 18) : " They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under...poplars and elms ; because the shadow thereof is good." It will have to be gleaned from other sources as^to the doctrines taught by the false worshippers ;...

...apostate people repaired for the performance of unhallowed rites. " They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains And burn incense upon the hills, Under oaks,...poplars, and elms, Because the shadow thereof is good." In both these instances, the word is the same in the original ; and etymological reasons may be assigned...

...It would appear from his words that it was far from uncommon: " they sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shade thereof is good ;"J there no doubt were those many altars and temples which Hosea mentions elsewhere....

...the prophet accused the people of asking counsel of the stocks, they sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under...poplars, and elms, because the shadow thereof is good. It is, however, a glorious place for solemn worship — truly a temple not made with hands — in the...

...strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods." " They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under...poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good." Several commentators have considered the Storax tree (Styrax officinalis) to be the tree intended....

...Jacob took him rods of green poplar." — Gen. xxx., 37; 1745 BC "They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms."— Hosea. iv., 13 ; 780 BC The genus Populus belongs to the willow family, Salicaccce, which consists...

...wickedly as the nations which they were commanded to destroy : " They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms." In Deuteronomy xii., 2, where the practices of the nations are described, the same phrases are used,...

...them that sacrifice kiss the calves.7 They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and burn incense on the hills, under oaks, and poplars, and elms, because the shadow thereof is good.8 I will go after my lovers, saith Israel, the faithless wife, who give me my bread and my water,...