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Hosea 4:16–17

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16For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn cow.ba

Can the Lord now shepherd them

like a lamb in an open meadow?bb

17Ephraim is attached to idols;bc

leave him alone!bd

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Cross references

  1. baPs 78:8
  2. bbIs 5:17; 7:25
  3. bcHs 13:2
  4. bdPs 81:12; Hs 4:4

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Like a stubborn heifer,

Israel is stubborn;

can the Lord now feed them

like a lamb in a broad pasture?

Ephraim is joined to idols;

leave him alone.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The Israelites are stubborn,

like a stubborn heifer.

How then can the Lord pasture them

like lambs in a meadow?

Ephraim is joined to idols;

leave him alone!

NLTNew Living Translation

Israel is stubborn,

like a stubborn heifer.

So should the Lord feed her

like a lamb in a lush pasture?

Leave Israel alone,

because she is married to idolatry.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Indeed, like a stubborn heifer,

Israel is stubborn;

Now Yahweh will feed them,

like a lamb in broad pasture.

Ephraim is joined to idols;

let him alone.

KJV 1900King James Version

For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer:

Now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

Ephraim is joined to idols:

Let him alone.