Hosea 4:17
Hosea · Old Testament · Chapter 4
“Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.”Hosea 4:17
What Does Hosea 4:17 Mean?
Hosea 4:17 is found in the book of Hosea, chapter 4, verse 17 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Hosea 4:17 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Romans 1:24“Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:”Psalms 81:12“So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.”Acts 7:42“Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?”Mark 8:13“And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side.”1 Corinthians 14:38“But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.”Revelation 22:11“He 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.”Exodus 14:12“Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.”Ezekiel 20:39“As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.”Hosea 4:4“Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.”Hosea 11:2“As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.”Hosea 13:2“And 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.”Matthew 15:14“Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.”1 Kings 11:33“Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.”Ezekiel 3:26“And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.”Hosea 4:14“I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.”Hosea 5:3“I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.”Hosea 6:10“I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.”Hosea 7:1“When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.”Hosea 12:1“Ephraim 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.”Matthew 16:4“A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.”
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