Hosea 4:17
Good News Translation
The people of Israel are under the spell of idols. Let them go their own way.

New Revised Standard Version
Ephraim is joined to idols— let him alone.

Contemporary English Version
You people of Israel are charmed by idols. Leave those people alone!

New American Bible
Ephraim is bound to idols, let him alone!

Douay-Rheims Bible
Ephraim is a partaker with idols, let him alone.

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Ephraim is a partaker with idols, let him alone.

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Hosea 11:2 As they called them, they went away from before their face: they offered victims to Baalim, and sacrificed to idols.

Hosea 12:1 Ephraim feedeth on the wind, and followeth the burning heat: all the day long he multiplied lies and desolation: and he hath made a covenant with the Assyrians, and carried oil into Egypt.

Hosea 13:2 And now they have sinned more and more: and they have made to themselves a molten thing of their silver as the likeness of idols: the whole is the work of craftsmen: to these that say: Sacrifice men, ye that adore calves.

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Hosea 4:4 But yet let not any man judge: and let not a man be rebuked: for thy people are as they that contradict the priest.

Psalm 81:12 So I let them go according to the desires of their heart: they shall walk in their own inventions.

Matthew 15:14 Let them alone: they are blind, and leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both fall into the pit.

Revelation 22:11 He that hurteth, let him hurt still: and he that is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is just, let him be justified still: and he that is holy, let him be sanctified still.

Context
God's Charges Against Israel
16For Israel hath gone astray like a wanton heifer now will the Lord feed them, as a lamb in a spacious place. 17Ephraim is a partaker with idols, let him alone.18Their banquet is separated, they have gone astray by fornication: they that should have protected them have loved to bring shame upon them.…
Cross References
Psalm 81:12
So I let them go according to the desires of their heart: they shall walk in their own inventions.

Hosea 4:4
But yet let not any man judge: and let not a man be rebuked: for thy people are as they that contradict the priest.

Hosea 11:6
The sword hath begun in his cities, and it shall consume his chosen men, and shall devour their heads.

Hosea 13:2
And now they have sinned more and more: and they have made to themselves a molten thing of their silver as the likeness of idols: the whole is the work of craftsmen: to these that say: Sacrifice men, ye that adore calves.

Hosea 4:16
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