Hosea 4:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁶ For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn cow. Can the Lord now shepherd them like a lamb in an open meadow?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ For Israel has behaved stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. How then should he expect to be fed and treated by the Lord like a lamb in a large pasture?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ For Israel hath behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer: now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Like a stubborn cow Israel is stubborn. Now the LORD will tend them, as the LORD tends a lamb in a pasture.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ For Israel has gone astray like a wanton heifer; so now the Lord will pasture them like a young lamb in a wide expanse.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ For Israel hath gone astray like a wanton heifer: now will the Lord feed them, as a lamb in a spacious place.

Hosea 4:16 Tagairtí Cros

Isaiah 22:18

wind you up into a ball, and sling you into a wide land.  There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will be #– #a disgrace to the house of your lord.

Isaiah 30:23

Then he will send rain for your seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food, the produce of the ground, will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.

Isaiah 5:17

Lambs will graze as if in  their own pastures, and resident foreigners  will eat among the ruins of the rich.

Jeremiah 14:7

Though our iniquities testify against us, Lord, act for your name’s sake. Indeed, our rebellions  are many; we have sinned against you.

Jeremiah 3:11

The Lord announced to me, ‘Unfaithful Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

Jeremiah 3:6

In the days of King Josiah the Lord asked me, ‘Have you seen what unfaithful Israel has done? She has ascended every high hill and gone under every green tree to prostitute herself there.

Jeremiah 3:8

I  observed that it was because unfaithful Israel had committed adultery that I had sent her away and had given her a certificate of divorce.  Nevertheless, her treacherous sister Judah was not afraid but also went and prostituted herself.

Jeremiah 31:18

I have surely heard Ephraim moaning, ‘You disciplined me, and I have been disciplined like an untrained calf. Take me back, so that I can return, for you, Lord, are my God.

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore, a lion from the forest will strike them down. A wolf from arid plains will ravage them. A leopard  stalks their cities. Anyone who leaves them will be torn to pieces because their rebellious acts are many, their unfaithful deeds numerous.

Jeremiah 7:24

Yet they didn’t listen or pay attention,  but followed their own advice and their own stubborn, evil heart. They went backwards and not forwards.

Jeremiah 8:5

Why have these people turned away? Why is Jerusalem always turning away? They take hold of deceit; they refuse to return.

Hosea 10:11

Ephraim is a well-trained calf that loves to thresh, but I will place a yoke on   her fine neck. I will harness Ephraim; Judah will plough; Jacob will do the final ploughing.

Hosea 11:6

A sword will whirl through his cities; it will destroy and devour the bars of his gates,  , because of their schemes.

Hosea 11:7

My people are bent on turning from me. Though they call to him on high, he will not exalt them at all.

Leviticus 26:33

But I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw a sword to chase after you. So your land will become desolate, and your cities will become ruins.

Zechariah 7:11

But they refused to pay attention  and turned a stubborn shoulder; they closed their ears so they could not hear.

1 Samuel 15:11

‘I regret that I made Saul king,  for he has turned away from following me and has not carried out my instructions.’  So Samuel became angry and cried out to the Lord all night.