Ezekiel 16:17

Cf. Hosea 2:8, I multiplied unto her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.

images of men Jerusalem being an unfaithful wife the idols are "men." The images were of gods; and this prophet probably saw little distinction between an image of Jehovah and that of any other deity. It is likely that, apart from the calf-images, the symbols of Jehovah as well as of the other gods were of the human form; cf. as to the Teraphim, 1 Samuel 19:13. The supposition hazarded by some that the "male images" (marg.) were representations of the Phallus has little to support it. It is true that Jerome considers the "gruesome object" set up by Maacah the mother of Asa to be simulacrum Priapi(2 Chronicles 15:16, cf. 1 Kings 15:13), but this is mere conjecture; and the passage Isaiah 57:8 is too obscure to be depended upon (cf. Prof. W. R. Smith, Rel. of Sem. p. 437).

broidered … coveredst them Cf. Ezekiel 16:10; Ezekiel 16:13. The practice of clothing the idols is illustrated by Jeremiah 10:9, "There is silver beaten into plates … blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of cunning men."

hast set mine oil didst set. The ref. is to the offerings made to the idols. The Lord calls it "mine" because due to him, or rather because given by him to Israel, Hosea 2:8, "she did not know that I gave her corn and wine and oil … I will take back my corn in the time thereof."