Hosea 4:17 “Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!”

Hosea 4:17

Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

World English Bible

Ephraim is joined to idols. Leave him alone!

American Standard Version

Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.

Geneva Bible 1599

Ephraim is ioyned to idoles: let him alone.

Darby Translation

— Ephraim is joined to idols: leave him alone.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

Ephraim is joined to false gods; let him be.

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Cross references

“Ephraim”

Hosea 11:2 Hosea 13:2 Hosea 12:1

Hosea 11:2 · BSB

But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.

Hosea 13:2 · BSB

Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”

Hosea 12:1 · BSB

Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

“let”

Psalm 81:12 Revelation 22:11 Hosea 4:4 Matthew 15:14

Psalm 81:12 · BSB

So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

Revelation 22:11 · BSB

Let the unrighteous continue to be unrighteous, and the vile continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to practice righteousness, and the holy continue to be holy.”

Hosea 4:4 · BSB

But let no man contend; let no man offer reproof; for your people are like those who contend with a priest.

Matthew 15:14 · BSB

Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?

18When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.

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