Hosea 4:17

Joined to idols [is] Ephraim, let him alone.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

In Context

16For as a refractory heifer hath Israel turned aside, Now doth Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.

18Sour [is] their drink, They have gone diligently a-whoring, Her protectors have loved shame thoroughly.

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Cross References

Hosea 4:4Only, let no one strive, nor reprove a man, And thy people [are] as those striving with a priest.

Hosea 12:1Ephraim is enjoying wind, And is pursuing an east wind, All the day lying and spoiling he multiplieth, And a covenant with Asshur they make, And oil to Egypt is carried.

Matthew 15:14let them alone, guides they are — blind of blind; and if blind may guide blind, both into a ditch shall 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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