Hosea 4:17-19

New Living Translation

¹⁷Leave Israel^[a] alone,
    because she is married to idolatry.
¹⁸When the rulers of Israel finish their drinking,
    off they go to find some prostitutes.
    They love shame more than honor.^[b]
¹⁹So a mighty wind will sweep them away.
    Their sacrifices to idols will bring them shame.

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Footnotes

4:17 Hebrew Ephraim, referring to the northern kingdom of Israel.
4:18 As in Greek version; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.

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