They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These [be] thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Ver. 8. They have turned aside quickly.] Moses's back was but newly turned, as it were. "I marvel that you are so soon removed," &c. Gal 1:6 See Trapp on " Gal 1:6 " When we have spent all our wind on our people, their hearts will be still apt to be "carried away with every wind of doctrine," - in our absence especially.
“Mures, fele absente, choreas ducunt.” - Suidas.