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Read Full Chapter (Hosea 4) Hosea 4:17 KJV
"Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone."
Hosea Chapter 4, Verse 17
Hosea 4:17 in Context (Verses 14–19 KJV)
14
I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.**
15
¶ Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
16
For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
17
Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
18
Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.**
19
The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.