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17 Ephraim is joined to idols—
    let him alone.

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12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts,
    to follow their own counsels.(A)

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14 Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind.[a] And if one blind person guides another, both will fall into a pit.”(A)

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  1. 15.14 Other ancient authorities lack of the blind

And now they keep on sinning
    and make a cast image for themselves,
idols of silver made according to their understanding,
    all of them the work of artisans.
“Sacrifice to these,” they say.[a]
    People are kissing calves!(A)

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  1. 13.2 Cn Compare Gk: Heb To these they say sacrifices of people

Yet let no one contend,
    and let none accuse,
    for with you is my contention, O priest.[a](A)

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  1. 4.4 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain

11 Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.”(A)

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12 Ephraim herds the wind
    and pursues the east wind all day long;
they multiply falsehood and violence;
    they make a treaty with Assyria,
    and oil is carried to Egypt.(A)

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The more I[a] called them,
    the more they went from me;[b]
they kept sacrificing to the Baals
    and offering incense to idols.(A)

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  1. 11.2 Gk: Heb they
  2. 11.2 Gk: Heb them