16 For Israel is rebellious as an unruly heifer. Now the Lord will feed them as a [a]lamb in a large place.

17 Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

18 Their drunkenness stinketh: they have committed whoredom: their rulers love to say with shame, [b]Bring ye.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:16 God will so disperse them, that they shall not remain in any certain place.
  2. Hosea 4:18 They are so impudent in receiving bribes, that they will command men to bring them unto them.

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