16 Like a stubborn heifer,
    Israel is stubborn;
can the Lord now feed them
    like a lamb in a broad pasture?

17 (A)Ephraim is joined to idols;
    (B)leave him alone.
18 When their drink is gone, they give themselves to whoring;
    (C)their rulers[a] dearly love shame.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:18 Hebrew shields

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