Hosea 4:16
For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the Lord now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?
For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. Then how will the Lord feed them like a lamb in a meadow?
For Israel hath behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer: now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- slideth
- Hosea 11:7; 1 Samuel 15:11; Jeremiah 3:6, 8, 11; Jeremiah 5:6; Jeremiah 7:24; Jeremiah 8:5; Jeremiah 14:7; Zechariah 7:11
- as a lamb
- Leviticus 26:33; Isaiah 7:21–25; Isaiah 22:18