Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 16:17

17 Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold, and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thy self Images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them.

She forgot the propriety was in God, she reckon'd them her own.

The word in Heb. is of larger extent, and includes Vessels, Instruments, Furniture of all sorts, with which she was abundantly stor'd, ev'n from their departure out of Egypt, when they spoil'd the Egyptians; Exod. 11. ver. 2. where the sel[illegible: 1 letter] same phrase is used, and more since Solomon made Gold and Silver so common in Ierusalem, with which they made Vessels for use, and Furniture of all sorts for Ornamen[illegible: 1 letter].

The greater was the sin of this Harlot, her ingratitude, and her injustice that she rob'd God, committed Sacrilege, that she might have Idols with which to defile her self by her Idolatry.

Had she receiv'd them of any other hand, the wrong had been the less; but she received them, every one of them, of the hand of God: He gave her what the Egyptians lent, what David won from Enemies, and what Solomon brought in by Traffique; so Hos. 2. aggravates Israels Idolatry.

Brutish stupidity! to make an Idol, and account it a God!

Statues, Molten and Graven Images, not one single Image, but many; so Idolatry, as Adultery is boundless.

Idolaters had Males and Females Idols; and this Idolatress here, as mostly they did, doted on Male Idols. It is not unlike to that chap. 8. ver. 14. which see: And possibly the Egyptian Idolatry with Os[illegible: 2 letters]is, or Adonis may be noted▪ or some more lewd Image or Pourtrait of Priapus, which might be confirm'd from ver. 26. and chap. 23. ver. 19, 20.

Provoked by such representations to speculative uncleanness, and prepared for bodily uncleanness also, and proceeding to Spiritual Adultery with these shameful Images.

Marginal references: Heb. instruments or vesse[illegible: 1 letter]s of thy beauty.; Heb. a male.