King James Version (KJV)
Hosea 4:17
“Ephraim [is] joined to idols: let him alone.”
Verse in context — Hosea 4
15
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.
16
For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
17
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.
About Hosea
God’s steadfast love for His unfaithful people, symbolized through Hosea’s marriage.
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