Hosea 4:16
For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
Context
This verse from Hosea Chapter 4 connects to 10 cross-references. God's lawsuit against Israel: there is no faithfulness, no steadfast love, no knowledge of God — only swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery. The priests feed on the sin of the people. Because they have rejected knowledge, God will reject …
Other Translations
For Israel hath behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer: now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.
For as a refractory heifer hath Israel turned aside, Now doth Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.
For Israel is uncontrolled, like a cow which may not be controlled; now will the Lord give them food like a lamb in a wide place.
Cross References
And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall …
It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, …
Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;
And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers …
He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and …
The Lord said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel …
And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given …
And the Lord said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a …