Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? [is] not he thy father [that] hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
Ver. 6. Do ye thus requite the Lord?] Good turns aggravate unkindnesses, and our guilt is increased by our obligations. Solomon's idolatry was far worse than that of his wives; he had been better bred, and God had appeared to him twice. It is the ingratitude that makes the godly man's sin so heinous, which otherwise would be far less than other men's, since his temptations are stronger, and his resistance greater. Hebricians observe, that in Halaihovah there is in the text one ה greater than ordinary; to show that the wonder was the greater, that they should so evil requite such a Lord, Father, Redeemer, Maker, and Governor, by being so corrupt, perverse, crooked, foolish, and unwise; five opposed to five; ה being used for the number of five. Hebrew Text Note