Isa 42:17, 45:16, Hos 4:6 | JFB | STEP | 17. turned back . . . ashamed —disappointed in their trust; the same phrase occurs in .

Isaiah 42:17

17. turned back . . . ashamed—disappointed in their trust; the same phrase occurs in Ps 35:4.

Isaiah 45:16

16. ashamed—"disappointed" in their expectation of help from their idols (see on Isa 42:17; Psalm 97. 7).

Hosea 4:6

6. lack of knowledge—"of God" (Ho 4:1), that is, lack of piety. Their ignorance was wilful, as the epithet, "My people," implies; they ought to have known, having the opportunity, as the people of God.

thou—O priest, so-called. Not regularly constituted, but still bearing the name, while confounding the worship of Jehovah and of the calves in Beth-el (1Ki 12:29, 31).

I will . . . forget thy children—Not only those who then were alive should be deprived of the priesthood, but their children who, in the ordinary course would have succeeded them, should be set aside.