Hosea 4:17

Ephraim is ioyned to idoles: let him alone.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

In Context

16For Israel is rebellious as an vnruly heyfer. Nowe the Lord will feede them as a lambe in a large place.

18Their drunkennes stinketh: they haue committed whoredome: their rulers loue to say with shame, Bring ye.

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Cross References

Hosea 4:4Yet let none rebuke, nor reproue another: for thy people are as they that rebuke the Priest.

Hosea 12:1Ephraim is fed with the winde, and followeth after the East winde: hee increaseth daily lies and destruction, and they do make a couenant with Asshur, and oyle is caried into Egypt.

Matthew 15:14Let them alone, they be the blinde leaders of the blinde: and if the blinde leade ye blinde, both shall fall into the ditche.

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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