Hosea 4:17

Ephraim is joined to idols: leave him alone.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

In Context

16For Israel is refractory as an untractable heifer; now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a wide [pasture].

18Their drink is sour; they give themselves up to whoredom; her great men passionately love [their] shame.

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Cross References

Hosea 4:4Yet let no man strive, and let no man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

Hosea 12:1Ephraim feedeth on wind, and pursueth after the east wind: all day long he multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

Matthew 15:14Leave them alone; they are blind leaders of blind: but if blind lead blind, both will fall into a ditch.

Matthew Henry on Hosea 4:13-19

The Sins of the Priests and the People; Warning to Judah. ( b. c. 758.) 12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God. 13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery. 14 I will not punish… Read the whole commentary →

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