Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
Ver. 20. Thus they changed their glory] i.e. Their God, Romans 1:23, the Creator for a contemptible creature.
Of an ox that eateth grass] Tunc stercora egerit, et multum inquinatur, as R. Solomon here glosseth. They pretended not to worship the calf, but God in the calf, as did also Jebu, 2Ki 10:16; 2 Kings 10:29 2 Chronicles 11:15, and as the idolatrous Papists do at this day. See Exodus 32:5,6. Yet the text here saith, "They worshipped the molten image, they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox." And although some of the Rabbis would excuse this gross idolatry of their forefathers, yet others, more wise, bewail it, and say that there is an ounce of this golden calf in all their present sufferings.