Hosea 4:16-18

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹⁶ For Israel has become as stubborn as a heifer.
    How can the Lord feed them like a lamb in a meadow?
¹⁷ Ephraim is joined to idols.
    Let him go his own way!
¹⁸ Their alcoholic drinks are used up,
    but they keep practicing sexual immorality anyway.
    Their rulers, who should be their shields, instead love shame.