“They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.”
They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass. The 'exchange' language emphasizes the cosmic absurdity of the trade: Israel swaps the transcendent 'glory of God' for a mere animal image. The description of the ox as eating grass reduces the idol to animal substance, emphasizing its utter inadequacy as a representation of divinity. This verse highlights the irrationality of idolatry.
Church Fathers on Psalms 106:19
1. This Psalm also has the title Allelujah prefixed to it: and this twice. But some say, that one Allelujah belongs to the end of the former Psalm, the other to the beginning of this. And they assert, that all the Psalms bearing this title have Allelujah at the end, but not all at the beginning; so that they will not allow any Psalm which has not Allelujah at the end, to have it at the beginning; supposing that what seems to belong to the commencement, really belongs to the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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