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Commentary for Hosea 4:12

עַמִּי֙ בְּעֵצ֣וֹ יִשְׁאָ֔ל וּמַקְל֖וֹ יַגִּ֣יד ל֑וֹ כִּ֣י ר֤וּחַ זְנוּנִים֙ הִתְעָ֔ה וַיִּזְנ֖וּ מִתַּ֥חַת אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃

My people ask counsel at their stock, And their staff declareth unto them; For the spirit of harlotry hath caused them to err, And they have gone astray from under their God.

Rashi on Hosea

takes counsel of his piece of wood Of the idol which he has made of wood.
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Rashi on Hosea

declares to him To his words (the rod’s) he hearkens: that which the prophets of Baal declare to him in the name of the idols.
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