But to apply it to Israel. Israel was as “Gomer the daughter of Diblaim;” that is, the people of Israel were now near to destruction, and were the daughters of sensual delights, they gave themselves over to sensual pleasures. It is the usual way of those idolaters who forsake the true worship of God, to give themselves up to the pleasures of the flesh. Sensuality and idolatry usually go together. When the people of Israel sacrificed to the calves, what did they? They ate and drank, and rose up to