Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,
Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver - (Haggai 2:8, "The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts").
Images of men - rather, 'of the phallus,' the Hindu lingam, or membrum virile (Havernick), deified as the emblem of fecundity; man making his lust his god. The English version, however, is appropriate; Israel being, represented as a woman playing the harlot with 'male images,' i:e., images of male gods, as distinguished from female deities. Compare margin, 'of a male.'