Matthew Poole and continuators on Hosea 10:6

6 It shall also be [illegible: 1 letter]arried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb ; Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel .

The Golden Calf made by Ieroboam the First, 1 King. 12.28.

Though it hath feet, it cannot go, it must be born; as Isaiah derides the Idols of Babylon, Isa. 46.2, 7. and Ier. 10.5. and it is carried in triumph,

According to the custom of conquering Generals, the rich and rare things of the conquered people were reserv'd for gifts to their Kings; and here is a rarity indeed, a Captive God, and 'tis rich, for 'tis made of Gold.

vid. cap. 5. ver. 13. let. i.

The great confusion of this people is here foretold, and the certainty of it by the ingemination of the phrase, the Assyrians shall upbraid them with their brutish folly, to think that a God which could not keep it self from becoming a prey to insolent Soldiers, and when thus taunted, Israel shall have nothing to answer, but must be silent with shame.

Which is expresly mentioned, 1 Kings 12.28. it was against the Counsel of God, and as they began, so they persisted in it by the same Counsel.