Hosea 4:17
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“Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone.
Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.
Ephraim is joined to idols, So let him alone [to suffer the consequences].
Ephraim is joined [fast] to idols, [so] let him alone [to take the consequences].
Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
Ephraim is attached to idols; leave him alone!
Ephraim is associated with idols— let him alone!
Efrayim is joined to idols; let him alone!
You people of Israel are charmed by idols. Leave those people alone!
—Ephraim is joined to idols: leave him alone.
Ephraim is a partaker with idols, let him alone.
“Ephraim has joined his idols, so leave him alone.
The people of Israel enjoy their idols. Do not go near them!
Ephraim is joined to idols. Let him go his own way!
Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone.
Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone.
·The Israelites [L Ephraim; C the leading tribe of the northern kingdom of Israel] ·have chosen to worship [L is joined to] idols, so leave ·them [L him] alone.
Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
The people of Ephraim have chosen to worship idols. Leave them alone!
The people of Israel are under the spell of idols. Let them go their own way.
Ephraim is attached to idols; leave him alone!
Israel has chosen to worship idols. So, let them.
Ephraim has become entwined with idols; leave him alone!
Ephraim is given over to idols; leave him.
Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
Ephraim is joined to idols; Let him alone.
Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.
Stay away from her, for she is wedded to idolatry.
“You’ve ruined your own life, Israel— but don’t drag Judah down with you! Don’t go to the sex shrine at Gilgal, don’t go to that sin city Bethel, Don’t go around saying ‘God bless you’ and not mean it, taking God’s name in vain. Israel is stubborn as a mule. How can God lead him like a lamb to open pasture? Ephraim is addicted to idols. Let him go. When the beer runs out, it’s sex, sex, and more sex. Bold and sordid debauchery— how they love it! The whirlwind has them in its clutches. Their sex-worship leaves them finally impotent.”
Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.
The people of Ephraim have chosen to worship idols. Leave them alone!
Ephraim is bound to idols, let him alone!
Ephraim is allied with idols; Leave him alone.
Ephraim is joined to idols; Let him alone.
Ephraim has associated with idols; let them alone.
The Israelites have chosen to worship idols, so leave them alone.
Ephraim has attached himself to idols; Do not go near him!
The people of Ephraim have joined themselves to other gods. And nothing can be done to help them.
Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!
Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!
“Ephraim is joined to idols, Let him alone.
Ephraim is joined to false gods. Let him alone.
Leave Israel alone, because she is married to idolatry.
Ephraim is joined to idols— let him alone.
Ephraim is joined to idols— let him alone.
Ephraim is joined to idols— let him alone.
Ephraim is joined to idols— let him alone.
Ephrayim [i.e., the Northern Kingdom, Israel] is joined to atzabim (idols); leave him alone.
E′phraim is joined to idols, let him alone.
E′phraim is joined to idols, let him alone.
Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone!
Ephraim is allied with idols; don’t have anything to do with him!
Ephraim is joined to idols. Leave him alone!
Ephraim is the partner of idols, leave thou him;
Joined to idols [is] Ephraim, let him alone.
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