Hosea 4:17

God's Case Against The People

¹⁶ For Israel behaved stubbornly like a stubborn heifer. Will Jehovah now feed them as a lamb in a large place. ¹⁷ Ephraim is joined to idols;
Let him alone.
¹⁸ Their drink (wheat beer) has become sour. They play the harlot continually. Her rulers dearly love shame.

Ephraim

Psalm 81:12

Therefore I gave them over to their stubborn hearts. They walked in their own counsel.

Hosea 4:4

Let no man find fault and let no man reprove. After all your people are the ones who debate (argue) with a priest.

Hosea 13:2

They sin more and more. They make idols from silver for themselves. These idols are skillfully made. All of them are the work of craftsmen. People say this about the Israelites: They offer sacrifices and kiss calf-shaped idols.

Matthew 15:14

Let them be. They are blind guides. If a blind man guides another blind man, they will fall in a hole together.

Hosea 11:2

But the more I called Israel, the further they went from me. They sacrificed to the Baals and they burned incense to images.

Hosea 12:1

The people of Ephraim try to catch the wind and try to chase the east wind all day. They are very dishonest, violent and destructive. They make treaties with Assyria and take olive oil to Egypt.

Revelation 22:11

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.