17 “Ephraim is joined to idols,
(A)Let him alone.

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12 (A)So I gave them over to [a]their own stubborn heart,
To walk in their own counsels.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 81:12 the dictates of their heart

11 He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him [a]be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still.”

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  1. Revelation 22:11 NU, M do right

14 Let them alone. (A)They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”

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Now they sin more and more,
And have made for themselves molded images,
Idols of their silver, according to their skill;
All of it is the work of craftsmen.
They say of them,
“Let [a]the men who sacrifice [b]kiss the calves!”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:2 Or those who offer human sacrifice
  2. Hosea 13:2 Worship with kisses

[a]As they called them,
So they (A)went [b]from them;
They sacrificed to the Baals,
And burned incense to carved images.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 11:2 So with MT, Vg.; LXX Just as I called them; Tg. interprets as I sent prophets to a thousand of them.
  2. Hosea 11:2 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX from My face

“Now let no man contend, or rebuke another;
For your people are like those (A)who contend with the priest.

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Ephraim’s Sins Rebuked by God

12 “Ephraim (A)feeds on the wind,
And pursues the east wind;
He daily increases lies and [a]desolation.
(B)Also they make a [b]covenant with the Assyrians,
And (C)oil is carried to Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:1 ruin
  2. Hosea 12:1 Or treaty

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