My people] Thus he speaketh by derision in calling them his people, which now for their sinnes they were not. ask counsell] In stead of seeking after Gods oracle to have counsell given them in difficult cases. their stocks] Namely, their idols made of wood. their staff declareth unto them] Some think he hath relation to an ancient manner of divining by staves and rods. Others hold that here are meant the rods of the Soothsayers and Magicians; as Exodus 7:12. the spirit of whoredomes] Namely, the inclination and affection unto idolatry, kindled in the heart of man by the evill spirit. See Isaiah 44:20.