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Hosea 4

Hos. 4:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Ephraim
'Ephrayim (Hebrew #669)
double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
KJV usage: Ephraim, Ephraimites.
Pronounce: ef-rah'-yim
Origin: dual of masculine form of 672
is joined
chabar (Hebrew #2266)
to join (literally or figuratively); specifically (by means of spells) to fascinate
KJV usage: charm(- er), be compact, couple (together), have fellowship with, heap up, join (self, together), league.
Pronounce: khaw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
to idols
`atsab (Hebrew #6091)
an (idolatrous) image
KJV usage: idol, image.
Pronounce: aw-tsawb'
Origin: from 6087
: let him alone
yanach (Hebrew #3240)
to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay
KJV usage: bestow, cast down, lay (down, up), leave (off), let alone (remain), pacify, place, put, set (down), suffer, withdraw, withhold. (The Hiphil forms with the dagesh are here referred to, in accordance with the older grammarians; but if any distinction of the kind is to be made, these should rather be referred to 5117, and the others here.)
Pronounce: yaw-nakh'
Origin: a primitive root
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Ephraim,
Idolatry

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Ephraim.
Hos. 11:2• 2As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. (Hos. 11:2)
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Hos. 12:1• 1Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt. (Hos. 12:1)
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Hos. 13:2• 2And now they sin more and more, and have made them 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. 13:2)
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Hos. 4:4• 4Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest. (Hos. 4:4)
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Psa. 81:12• 12So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels. (Psa. 81:12)
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Matt. 15:14• 14Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. (Matt. 15:14)
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Rev. 22:11• 11He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. (Rev. 22:11)
• God chastises as long as there is the smallest feeling; but when He ceases to deal with the guilty, all is over morally speaking. (“Hosea 4” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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—Ephraim is joined to idols: leave him alone.