Hosea 9:10

I found, &c. Another contrast. See Hosea 9:8 .

they went, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 25:3 ). The history was well known, or this reference to it would be useless. App-92 .

Baal-peor. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 25:3 .Deuteronomy 4:3; Deuteronomy 4:3 ). Elsewhere only in Psalms 106:28 . Compare Joshua 22:17 .

that shame = that shameful thing: the 'Asherah and its worship. See App-42 .

their, &c. Supply the Ellipsis, and render: "became an abomination like their paramour".