Bible verse
Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!
Hosea 4:17 · BSB
The verses around it, from Hosea 4.
13 They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.
14 I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.
15 Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’
16 For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?
17 Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!
18 When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.
19 The whirlwind has wrapped them in its wings, and their sacrifices will bring them shame.
KJV
Ephraim [is] joined to idols: let him alone.
ASV
Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.
ERV
Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.
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