Cyril of Alexandria, on Hos 4:9

“And there shall be like people like priest: and I will visit their ways upon them, and I will repay them their devices.”

“Seemingly he calls "ways" the walking in works and "counsels" the faults from outrageous thoughts. Then, he says, she [Israel] did not go rightly, having turned aside from the straight road. As if marching the footpath of all profanity, they devised the most shameful and absurd things, dishonoring the God of all while turning toward idolatry.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.