forgotten His Maker. Ref to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:18).
buildeth temples. Compare 1 Kings 12:31, and 2 Chronicles 24:7 with 2 Chronicles 23:17.
fenced cities. fortified cities. See 2Ch 26:9, 2 Chronicles 26:10.
his cities. See 2 Kings 18:13, i.e. Judah's.
the palaces thereof. her citadels, the feminine suffix agreeing with "cities", which is feminine in Heb Modern critics regard this verse as "a later addition, perhaps borrowed from Amos", because "palaces or idol temples are not referred to by Hosea"!