Hosea 4:17

Ephraim is bound to idols: let him alone.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

In Context

16For like an untamable cow is Israel disobedient: now would the Lord have fed them as a sheep in a wide pasture.

18Their drinking bout will come to an end: while they are so often guilty of lewdness, their rulers love, prepare themselves but shame.

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Cross References

Hosea 4:4Yet let no man strive, let no man reprove another: and thy people are contentious equally with the priest.

Hosea 12:1(12:2) Ephraim feedeth on wind, and pursueth the east wind; the whole day he increaseth deceit and corruption; and a covenant do they make 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 →

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