Hosea 4:17

God's Case Against The People

¹⁶ For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn cow.
Can the Lord now shepherd them
like a lamb in an open meadow?
¹⁷ Ephraim is attached to idols;
leave him alone!
¹⁸ When their drinking is over,
they turn to promiscuity.
Israel’s leaders fervently love disgrace.

Ephraim

Psalm 81:12

So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts
to follow their own plans.

Hosea 4:4

But let no one dispute; let no one argue,
for My case is against you priests.

Hosea 13:2

Now they continue to sin
and make themselves a cast image,
idols skillfully made from their silver,
all of them the work of craftsmen.
People say about them,
“Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves.”

Matthew 15:14

Leave them alone! They are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

Hosea 11:2

The more they called them,
the more they departed from Me.
They kept sacrificing to the Baals
and burning offerings to idols.

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim chases the wind
and pursues the east wind.
He continually multiplies lies and violence.
He makes a covenant with Assyria,
and olive oil is carried to Egypt.

Revelation 22:11

Let the unrighteous go on in unrighteousness; let the filthy go on being made filthy; let the righteous go on in righteousness; and let the holy go on being made holy.”