Hosea 4:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone.

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  • Ps 81:12 : 12 So I gave them up to their own hearts' desires, and they walked in their own counsels.
  • Hos 4:4 : 4 Yet let no one strive, nor reprove another, for your people are like those who contend with the priest.
  • Hos 13:2 : 2 And now they sin more and more, and have made molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
  • Matt 15:14 : 14 Let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
  • Rev 22:11 : 11 He who is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he who is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he who is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he who is holy, let him be holy still.
  • Hos 11:2 : 2 As they were called, so they went from them: they sacrificed to Baal, and burned incense to carved images.
  • Hos 12:1 : 1 Ephraim feeds on the wind, and pursues the east wind; he daily increases lies and desolation, and they make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Hos 4:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15 Though you, Israel, play the harlot, do not let Judah offend; do not come to Gilgal, nor go up to Bethaven, nor swear, 'As the LORD lives.'

    16 For Israel is stubborn like a stubborn calf: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large space.

  • Hos 5:3-6
    4 verses
    74%

    3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me: for now, O Ephraim, you commit whoredom, and Israel is defiled.

    4 They will not direct their deeds to turn to their God: for the spirit of prostitution is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.

    5 And the pride of Israel testifies to his face: therefore Israel and Ephraim shall fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.

    6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them.

  • Hos 8:9
    74%

    9 For they have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey alone by itself; Ephraim has hired lovers.

  • Ezek 14:4-6
    3 verses
    74%

    4 Therefore speak to them and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Every man of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him who comes according to the multitude of his idols;

    5 That I may seize the house of Israel in their own hearts because they are all estranged from me through their idols.

    6 Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: Repent, and turn from your idols and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

  • Hos 5:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly followed the commandment.

    12 Therefore I will be to Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

  • Hos 7:8
    73%

    8 Ephraim, he has mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

  • Hos 8:11
    72%

    11 Because Ephraim has made many altars to sin, altars shall be to him for sin.

  • Hos 4:18
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    18 Their drink is sour; they have committed harlotry continually; her rulers dearly love dishonor.

  • Hos 7:10-11
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    72%

    10 And the pride of Israel bears witness to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.

    11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

  • Hos 12:14
    71%

    14 Ephraim provoked Him to anger most bitterly; therefore He will leave his blood upon him, and his Lord shall repay his reproach to him.

  • Hos 13:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 When Ephraim spoke trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.

    2 And now they sin more and more, and have made molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

  • Hos 5:9
    71%

    9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

  • Hos 14:8
    71%

    8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do anymore with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green cypress tree. From me your fruit is found.

  • Hos 9:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16 Ephraim is stricken, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit; yes, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.

    17 My God will cast them away, because they did not listen to him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

  • Hos 6:10
    71%

    10 I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

  • Hos 12:1
    71%

    1 Ephraim feeds on the wind, and pursues the east wind; he daily increases lies and desolation, and they make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

  • Hos 8:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5 Your calf, O Samaria, has cast you off; my anger is kindled against them. How long will it be until they attain innocence?

    6 For it is from Israel; the workman made it, and it is not God. But the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

  • Hos 10:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1 Israel is an empty vine, he brings forth fruit for himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he has increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made beautiful images.

    2 Their heart is divided; now they shall be found guilty: he shall break down their altars, he shall ruin their images.

  • Hos 11:12
    70%

    12 Ephraim surrounds me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit, but Judah still walks with God, and is faithful with the saints.

  • Jer 5:7
    70%

    7 How shall I pardon you for this? Your children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.

  • Hos 10:11
    70%

    11 And Ephraim is like a trained heifer that loves to thresh grain; but I put a yoke on her fair neck: I will make Ephraim ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.

  • Hos 11:2
    70%

    2 As they were called, so they went from them: they sacrificed to Baal, and burned incense to carved images.

  • Hos 8:3
    69%

    3 Israel has cast off what is good; the enemy shall pursue him.

  • Jer 14:10
    69%

    10 Thus says the LORD to this people, 'Thus they have loved to wander, they have not restrained their feet; therefore the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their iniquity and punish their sins.'

  • Isa 31:6-7
    2 verses
    69%

    6 Turn to Him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.

    7 For in that day every man will cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made for you as a sin.

  • Jer 50:38
    69%

    38 A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of carved images, and they are mad upon their idols.

  • Ezek 23:30
    69%

    30 I will do these things to you, because you have gone a whoring after the heathen, and because you are polluted with their idols.

  • Hos 10:5-6
    2 verses
    68%

    5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth-aven: for its people shall mourn over it, and its priests who rejoiced on it, for its glory, because it has departed from it.

    6 It shall also be carried to Assyria as a gift to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

  • Jer 2:19-20
    2 verses
    68%

    19 Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backslidings shall reprove you: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that you have forsaken the LORD your God, and that my fear is not in you, says the Lord GOD of hosts.

    20 For from of old I have broken your yoke, and burst your bonds; and you said, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree you wandered, playing the harlot.

  • Hos 13:12
    68%

    12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hidden.

  • Hos 5:14
    68%

    14 For I will be to Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.

  • Ezek 44:10
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    10 And the Levites who went far away from me, when Israel went astray, who went astray away from me after their idols; they shall bear their iniquity.

  • Isa 27:10
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    10 Yet the fortified city shall be desolate, the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall it lie down and consume its branches.

  • Isa 11:13
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    13 The envy of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.

  • Hos 4:10
    68%

    10 For they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall commit harlotry, and shall not increase, because they have ceased taking heed to the LORD.