Hosea 4:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ Ephraim is joined to idols— let him alone.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Ephraim is joined [fast] to idols, [so] let him alone [to take the consequences].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Ephraim is associated with idols— let him alone!

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Ephraim participates in idolatry, so send him away.

Hosea 4:17 Cross References

Psalm 81:12

So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.

Revelation 22:11

Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.”

Matthew 15:14

Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if one blind person guides another, both will fall into a pit.”

Hosea 13:2

And now they keep on sinning and make a cast image for themselves, idols of silver made according to their understanding, all of them the work of artisans. “Sacrifice to these,” they say. People are kissing calves!

Hosea 4:4

Yet let no one contend, and let none accuse, for with you is my contention, O priest.

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim herds the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a treaty with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.

Hosea 11:2

The more I called them, the more they went from me; they kept sacrificing to the Baals and offering incense to idols.

Hosea 11:6

The sword rages in their cities; it consumes their oracle priests and devours because of their schemes.