King James Version (KJV)
Hosea 4:16
“For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.”
Verse in context — Hosea 4
I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people [that] doth not understand shall fall.
Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, [yet] let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
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.
Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers [with] shame do love, Give ye.
About Hosea
God’s steadfast love for His unfaithful people, symbolized through Hosea’s marriage.
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