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Hosea 4:16

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16Indeed, like a stubborn heifer,

Israel is stubborn;

Now Yahweh will feed them,

like a lamb in broad pasture.u

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  1. uOr “Can Yahweh feed them, like a lamb in broad pasture?”

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?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The Israelites are stubborn,

like a stubborn heifer.

How then can the Lord pasture them

like lambs in a meadow?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn cow.

Can the Lord now shepherd them

like a lamb in an open meadow?

NLTNew Living Translation

Israel is stubborn,

like a stubborn heifer.

So should the Lord feed her

like a lamb in a lush pasture?

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.