21–22. They forgat God their saviour.
Remembering the calf involved forgetting God. He had commanded them to make no
image, and in daring to disobey they forgot his commands. Which had done great things in Egypt. God in Egypt had overcome all the idols, and yet
they so far forgot him as to liken him to them. Could an ox work miracles?
Could a golden calf cast plagues upon Israel’s enemies? They were brutish to
set up such a wretched mockery of deity, after having seen what the true God
could really achieve. Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea. They saw several ranges of miracles, the Lord did not stint
them as to the evidence of his eternal power and Godhead, and yet they could
not rest content with worshiping him in his appointed way, but must have an
elaborate ritual after the old Egyptian fashion, and a manifest object of
worship to assist them in adoring Jehovah.
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