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16 Indeed, like a stubborn heifer,
    Israel is stubborn;
Now Yahweh will feed them,
    like a lamb in broad pasture.[a]
17 Ephraim is joined to idols;
    let him alone.
18 When their drinking has ended,
    they surely indulge in sexual orgies.
    They love lewdness more than their[b] glory.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:16 Or “Can Yahweh feed them, like a lamb in broad pasture?”
  2. Hosea 4:18 Hebrew “her”