Hosea 4:17
Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
In Context
18When their carouse is over, they take to harlotry; her rulers deeply love dishonour.
Cross References
Hosea 4:4Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
Hosea 12:1(12-2) Ephraim striveth after wind, and followeth after the east wind; all the day he multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
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 →