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

17 E′phraim is joined to idols,
    let him alone.
18 A band[a] of drunkards, they give themselves to harlotry;
    they love shame more than their glory.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:18 Cn: Heb uncertain
  2. Hosea 4:18 Cn Compare Gk: Heb of this line uncertain

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