Hosea 4:17

Ephraim is a partaker with idols, let him alone.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

In Context

16For Israel hath gone astray like a wanton heifer: now will the Lord feed them, as a lamb in a spacious place.

18Their banquet is separated, they have gone astray by fornication: they that should have protected them have loved to bring shame upon them.

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Cross References

Hosea 4:4But yet let not any man judge: and let not a man be rebuked: for thy people are as they that contradict the priest.

Hosea 12:1Ephraim feedeth on the wind, and followeth the burning heat: all the day long he multiplied lies and desolation: and he hath made a covenant with the Assyrians, and carried oil into Egypt.

Matthew 15:14Let them alone: they are blind, and leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the pit.

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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