Hosea 4:17

Modern

Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!

Traditional

Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

Literal

Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!

Latin

Particeps idolorum Ephraim: dimitte eum.

Hebrew

English

Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!

Theme notes and profiles

Psalm 81:12
So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
Revelation 22:11
Let the unrighteous continue to be unrighteous, and the vile continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to practice righteousness, and the holy continue to be holy.”
Hosea 11:2
But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.
Hosea 4:4
But let no man contend; let no man offer reproof; for your people are like those who contend with a priest.
Hosea 13:2
Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”
Matthew 15:14
Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
Hosea 12:1
Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

Ephraim: Second son of Joseph, and a tribe of Israel