Hosea 4:16-17

The Lord Accuses Israel

16 Like a stubborn heifer,
Israel is stubborn;
can the Lord now feed them
like a lamb in a broad pasture?

17 q Ephraim is joined to idols;
r leave him alone.

  1. Cross References
    Hosea 4:12
    My people inquire of a piece of wood, and their walking staff gives them oracles. For a spirit of whoredom has led them astray, and they have left their God to play the whore.
    Hosea 5:3
    I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, O Ephraim, you have played the whore; Israel is defiled.
  2. Cross References
    Matthew 15:14
    Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.
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