Hosea 4:17

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Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone.

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  • Ps 81:12 : 12 But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me.
  • Hos 4:4 : 4 But let no one contend, and let no one rebuke, for your people are like those who argue with a priest.
  • Hos 13:2 : 2 Now they continue to sin and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully crafted from their silver, all of it the work of artisans. They say about them, 'Those who sacrifice kiss the calves!'
  • Matt 15:14 : 14 Leave them alone; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
  • Rev 22:11 : 11 Let the one who does wrong continue to do wrong; let the vile person continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to do right; and let the holy person continue to be holy."
  • Hos 11:2 : 2 But the more they were called, the more they went away from them; they sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to the carved images.
  • Hos 12:1 : 1 Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit. But Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Hos 4:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15Though you, Israel, play the harlot, let not Judah become guilty. Do not go to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth Aven, and do not swear, 'As surely as the LORD lives!'

    16For Israel is as stubborn as a rebellious heifer. Now the LORD will pasture them like a lamb in an open field.

  • Hos 5:3-6
    4 verses
    74%

    3I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, Ephraim, you have played the harlot; Israel is defiled.

    4Their deeds do not allow them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the Lord.

    5The pride of Israel testifies against him; Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their guilt, and Judah also will stumble with them.

    6With their flocks and herds they will go to seek the Lord, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.

  • Hos 8:9
    74%

    9For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.

  • Ezek 14:4-6
    3 verses
    74%

    4Therefore, speak to them and say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Any man from the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face and then comes to the prophet—I, the LORD, will answer him myself in keeping with the multitude of his idols.'

    5So that I may seize the house of Israel by their hearts, because they have all turned away from me through their idols.

    6Therefore, say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Repent and turn away from your idols and turn your faces away from all your detestable practices.'

  • Hos 5:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because he was determined to follow human commands.

    12I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like rot to the house of Judah.

  • Hos 7:8
    73%

    8Ephraim mixes himself among the nations; Ephraim is like a flatbread not turned over.

  • Hos 8:11
    72%

    11Ephraim has built many altars for sin; they have become altars for sinning.

  • Hos 4:18
    72%

    18Their drink has turned them aside; they persist in their immorality. They love shame more than their honor.

  • Hos 7:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10Israel’s arrogance testifies against him, yet they do not return to the LORD their God or seek him in all this.

    11Ephraim is like a dove—easily deceived, without understanding. They call to Egypt; they go to Assyria.

  • Hos 12:14
    71%

    14But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet, he was preserved.

  • Hos 13:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel, but he became guilty by worshiping Baal and died.

    2Now they continue to sin and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully crafted from their silver, all of it the work of artisans. They say about them, 'Those who sacrifice kiss the calves!'

  • Hos 5:9
    71%

    9Ephraim will become a desolation on the day of punishment. Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known what is certain.

  • Hos 14:8
    71%

    8Those who live in his shade will return; they will flourish like grain, blossom like the vine, and their fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.

  • Hos 9:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16Ephraim is struck down; their root is dried up; they will bear no fruit. Even if they give birth, I will kill their cherished offspring.

    17My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; they will become wanderers among the nations.

  • Hos 6:10
    71%

    10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing. There Ephraim acts like a prostitute; Israel is defiled.

  • Hos 12:1
    71%

    1Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit. But Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.

  • Hos 8:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5Your calf idol is rejected, Samaria! My anger burns against them. How long will they be unable to attain innocence?

    6This calf comes from Israel! A craftsman made it; it is not God. It will be shattered into pieces—this calf of Samaria.

  • Hos 10:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1Israel is a luxuriant vine that yields its fruit. The more abundant his fruit, the more altars he built. The richer his land, the more he adorned sacred pillars.

    2Their hearts are divided; now they must bear their guilt. He will tear down their altars and destroy their sacred pillars.

  • Jer 5:7
    70%

    7How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by false gods. I satisfied them, but they committed adultery and gathered at the houses of prostitutes.

  • Hos 10:11
    70%

    11Ephraim was a trained heifer that loved to thresh, but I will put a yoke on her fair neck. I will drive Ephraim; Judah must plow, and Jacob must break up the ground.

  • Hos 11:2
    70%

    2But the more they were called, the more they went away from them; they sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to the carved images.

  • Hos 8:3
    69%

    3Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him.

  • Jer 14:10
    69%

    10This is what the LORD says about this people: They love to wander; they do not restrain their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; now He will remember their guilt and punish their sins.

  • Isa 31:6-7
    2 verses
    69%

    6Return to the One you have so deeply rebelled against, O sons of Israel.

    7For on that day each of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your hands have sinfully made.

  • Jer 50:38
    69%

    38A drought is upon her waters; they will dry up. For it is a land of idols, and they go mad over terrifying images.

  • Ezek 23:30
    69%

    30These things will be done to you because you prostituted yourself to the nations, defiling yourself with their idols.

  • Hos 10:5-6
    2 verses
    68%

    5The inhabitants of Samaria tremble for the calf idol of Beth-aven. Its people will mourn over it, and so will its idolatrous priests, who rejoiced over its glory, because it will be taken from them.

    6It will also be carried off to Assyria as a tribute for the great king. Ephraim will be disgraced, Israel will be ashamed because of its own counsel.

  • Jer 2:19-20
    2 verses
    68%

    19Your own wickedness will discipline you; your backslidings will rebuke you. Consider and see how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of me,” declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.

    20For long ago I broke your yoke and tore off your bonds, but you said, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.

  • Hos 13:12
    68%

    12The guilt of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored away.

  • Hos 5:14
    68%

    14For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I will tear them to pieces and go away; I will carry them off, and no one will rescue them.

  • Ezek 44:10
    68%

    10But the Levites who went far from Me when Israel went astray, who strayed after their idols, shall bear their punishment.

  • Isa 27:10
    68%

    10The fortified city is desolate, a desert place, abandoned and forsaken like the wilderness. There, calves will graze, lie down, and strip its branches bare.

  • Isa 11:13
    68%

    13The jealousy of Ephraim will be removed, and the enemies of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will no longer envy Judah, and Judah will no longer harass Ephraim.

  • Hos 4:10
    68%

    10They will eat but not be satisfied; they will commit fornication but not multiply, because they have abandoned the LORD to pursue their own ways.