Hosea 4:17
15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
18 Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.
19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!
- KJV
- Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
- WEB
- Ephraim is joined to idols. Leave him alone!
- ASV
- Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.
- DARBY
- Ephraim is joined to idols: leave him alone.
- BLB
- Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!
- ÅB
- Efra'im er bundet til avgudsbilder; la ham fare!
- OTB
- Efraim er dypt involvert med avguder; ikke bli med ham.
- B1930
- Efra'im er bundet til avgudsbilleder; la ham fare!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 81:12
So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
Read in contextRevelation 22:11
He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
Read in contextHosea 11:2
As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
Read in contextHosea 4:4
Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
Read in contextHosea 13:2
And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
Read in contextMatthew 15:14
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Read in contextHosea 12:1
Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
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