Hosea 4:17
Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!
BSB
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ASV
Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.
KJV
Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
Hosea 4:17
Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!
BSB
ASV
Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.
KJV
Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
"Partaker of their idols is Ephraim, leave him." LXX: "Ephraim, a participant in idols, has placed scandals for himself." Ephraim, of whose tribe Jeroboam son of Nabath, who first set up golden calves in Bethel and Dan, is king of ten tribes. Therefore, O Judah, whom I mentioned above, if Israel commits fornication, let at least Judah not sin. Listen to my advice, do not disregard the words of the prophets; for Ephraim once was a friend and partner with idols.
Ephraim is joined to idols - that is, banded, bound up with them, “associated,” as the word means, with them so as to cleave to them, willing neither to part with nor to be parted from, them. The idols are called by a name, denoting toils; with toil they were fashioned, and, when fashioned, they were a toil and grief. Let him alone - Literally, give him rest, i. e., from all further expostulations, which he will not hear.
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Revelation 22:11Let 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.”
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Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you are to tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ Whoever listens, let him listen; and whoever refuses, let him…
while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
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Psalms 81:12So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
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Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.
Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.
“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.