...himself in the relation of a husband towards them. Ver. 13. — They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under...poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good. The prophet here enlarges on the sin of idolatry mentioned in the preceding verse, and explains fully...

...cite we will quote but one. It is taken from the prophet Hosea: "They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under...poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good ; therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery. "I will not...

...them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God. They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under...poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good ; therefore your daughters commit whoredom, and your spouses commit adultery" (ibid. vers. 12, 13)....

...heifer," " She hath gone after other lovers." (Hosea iv.) : 13. "They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under...poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good." Jer. xix. 5. " They have built also the high places of Baal," on those high places of Baal fire was...

...Once only is the word ' elah' which frequently occurs, so translated, viz. in Hos. iv. 13 : "They . . burn incense upon the hills, under oaks, and poplars, and elms, because the shadow thereof is good." Elsewhere it is rendered by ' teil tree,' 'oak,' 'plane tree,' and ' terebinth.' The tree is undoubtedly...

...ravines ; it thus forms a more exact parallelism "to the valleys." "They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under...because the shadow thereof is good" (Hosea iv. 13). Cf. ver. 13 below. " Behold I, even I, will bring a sword upon yon, and I will destroy your high placea"...

...and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medí252 HOSEA. IV, 13. My people burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars, and elms because the shadow thereof is good. XIV, 6. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree. JOEL. I, 12. The vine...

...Lord (Joshua xxiv. 26). " These and other trees which we may suppose lofty and umbrageous, such as the oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good (Hosea iv. 3), must immediately recur to a Biblical reader ; but the course of this article will remind him also...

...ravines ; it thus forms a more exact parallelism " to the valleys." " They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under...because the shadow thereof is good " (Hosea iv. 13). Cf. ver. 13 below. " Behold I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places."...

...infidelity hath caused them to err, and they have forsaken their God. They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks, and poplars, and terebinths, because the shade thereof is good. Your daughters are unfaithful, and your daughters-in-law...