Hosea 4:17

Mated with idols, is Ephraim, let him alone.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

In Context

16For, as a heifer that is stubborn, hath Israel, been stubborn,—Now, can Yahweh, turn them out to pasture, like a young ram in a wide place?

18Their drinking-bout, having passed,—they became, unchaste, they loved wildly, a contempt, became her great men.

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Cross References

Hosea 4:4Howbeit let, no man, contend, nor let him rebuke another,—since, thy people, are as they who contend against a priest:

Hosea 12:1Ephraim, feedeth on wind, and pursueth the east wind, all the day, falsehood and force, doth he magnify,—and, a covenant with Assyria, would they solemnize, and, oil into Egypt, must be borne along.

Matthew 15:14Let them alone! they are, blind leaders; and, if the, blind, lead the, blind, both, into a ditch, will fall.

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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