Nor your brides when they commit adultery;
For the men themselves go apart with harlots,
And offer sacrifices with a aritual harlot.
Therefore people who do not understand will be trampled.
Let not Judah offend.
aDo not come up to Gilgal,
Nor go up to bBeth Aven,
cNor swear an oath, saying, ‘As the Lord lives’—
Like a stubborn calf;
Now the Lord will let them forage
Like a lamb in1 open country.
And bthey shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
| << Hosea 4:15 | Hosea 4:17 >> |
American Standard Version
For Israel hath behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer: now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.
Amplified® Bible
For Israel has behaved stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. How then should he expect to be fed {and} treated by the Lord like a lamb in a large pasture?
Contemporary English Version
You are nothing more than a stubborn cow-- so stubborn that I, the LORD, cannot feed you like lambs in an open pasture.
Darby English Version
For Israel is refractory as an untractable heifer; now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a wide [pasture].
Good News Bible
The people of Israel are as stubborn as mules. How can I feed them like lambs in a meadow?
King James Version
For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
New American Standard Bible
Since Israel is stubborn Like a stubborn heifer, Can the LORD now pasture them Like a lamb in a large field?
New International Version
The Israelites are stubborn,
like a stubborn heifer.
How then can the LORD pasture them
like lambs in a meadow?
New King James Version
"For Israel is stubborn
Like a stubborn calf;
Now the LORD will let them forage
Like a lamb in open country.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Since Israel has proved herself stubborn Like a stubborn heifer, Can the LORD now pasture them Like a lamb in a large field?
Revised Standard Version
Like a stubborn heifer, Israel is stubborn; can the LORD now feed them like a lamb in a broad pasture?
Young's Literal Translation
For as a refractory heifer hath Israel turned aside, Now doth Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.
| << Hosea 4:15 | Hosea 4:17 >> |
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