Hosea 4:16

Like a willful heifer, Israel is stubborn. Can the Lord now feed them as he would a lamb in a broad pasture?

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In The King James Version

For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

In Context

15Though you commit adultery, Israel, let not Judah become guilty. Do not go to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, nor swear an oath, “As the Lord lives.”

17Ephraim is wedded to idols. Leave them alone!

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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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