Hosea 4:17

Ephraim is joined to idols; Let him alone!

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

In Context

16For like a refractory heifer is Israel become refractory, Therefore will Jehovah feed them, like a lamb in a wide place.

18When their carousal is over, They give themselves up to lasciviousness; Their rulers love shame.

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Cross References

Hosea 4:4Yet let no man rebuke, and let no man reprove; For thy people are like those that contend with the priest,

Hosea 12:1Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind; Every day he multiplieth falsehood and violence; They make a league with Assyria, And oil is carried into Egypt.

Matthew 15:14Let them alone; they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the 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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