Hosea 4:17

Ephrayim + 4:17 i.e., the Northern Kingdom, Israel is joined to atzabim (idols); 1 leave him alone. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

In Context

16For Yisroel slideth back + 4:16 i.e., is stubborn, rebellious, unmanageable 1 like a backsliding parah (stubborn, rebellious cow); 1 can Hashem now feed them 1 like a lamb in a wide field? 1

18When their drink is sour, + 4:18 i.e., when intoxicated 1 they have committed whoredom; 1 her mogenim (shields, rulers) deeply love kalon (ignominy, shame). 1

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Cross References

Hosea 4:4Yet let no ish bring a point of contention, 1 nor reprove another; 1 for thy people are as they 1 that strive with the kohen. 1

Hosea 12:1Ephrayim compasseth Me about with kachash (lies), 1 and Bais Yisroel with mirmar (deceit); + 12:1 See Isa 53:9 which says Moshiach will have no mirmar 1 but Yehudah still is unruly against El, 1 and against Kadoshim (Holy One); + 12:1 See Prov 9:10 Who is ne'eman. 1

Matthew 15:14Leave them. They are blind morei derech (guides, teachers) of [the] blind. And if the ivver (blind man) leads the ivrim (blind), both will fall into a 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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