They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, [one] shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Ver. 7. They bear him upon their shoulders.] As the Papists' breaden god, furfuraceum illud numen, is, at this day, borne about to be adored; whereas the true God "beareth up all things by the word of his power." Heb 1:3
Yea, one shall cry unto him.] As they did to Baal in Elijah's days; and the Cretans to their Jupiter, whom they therefore pictured without ears.