Hosea 4:16

Overview - Hosea 4
God denounces judgments on Israel, for their aggravated impieties and iniquities.
12 He exposes the ignorance and wickedness of the priests, and profligacy of the people, he will leave their wives and daughters to commit lewdness, without present punishment.
15 He warns Judah, not to imitate Israel's crimes, which are still further reproved.
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Hosea 4:16  (King James Version)
For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
 


slideth
11:7 1 Samuel 15:11 ; Jeremiah 3:6 Jeremiah 3:8 Jeremiah 3:11 ; 5:6 7:24 8:5 14:7 Zechariah 7:11 ; *marg:

as a lamb
Leviticus 26:33 ; Isaiah 7:21-25 ; 22:18