Hosea 4:17

“Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.”

"Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone." - Hosea 4:17
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What does Hosea 4:17 mean?

Hosea 4:17 (KJV) states, "Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone." This verse comes from the book of Hosea in the Old Testament, and it is part of a prophetic warning to the people of Israel. The passage is a powerful statement about the consequences of turning away from God…

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When Idols Claim Our Hearts: A Call to Return

In the book of Hosea, we encounter a powerful and sobering message from the Lord through His prophet. Hosea 4:17 states, "Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone." This verse encapsulates the devastating effects of idolatry, not only on the individual but on the community as a…

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A Prayer for Deliverance from Idolatry

Heavenly Father, We bow before You today, in awe of Your greatness and holiness. We come together in prayer, reflecting on the words of Hosea 4:17: "Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone." Lord, as we meditate upon this verse, we acknowledge the profound truth it reveals…

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Hosea 4:17 - "Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone."
Hosea 4:4 - "Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest."
Hosea 2:17 - "For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name."
Hosea 2:4 - "And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms."
Hosea 9:17 - "My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations."
Hosea 4:8 - "They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity."
Hosea 4:19 - "The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices."
Hosea 4:2 - "By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood."
Hosea 4:7 - "As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame."
Hosea 4:16 - "For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place."
Hosea 4:9 - "And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings."
Hosea 14:4 - "¶ I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him."
Hosea 10:4 - "They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field."
Hosea 4:5 - "Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother."
Hosea 7:4 - "They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened."
"Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest." - Hosea 4:4
"Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart." - Hosea 4:11
Hosea 13:4 - "Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me."
"They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity." - Hosea 4:8
Hosea 4:1 - "Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land."
Hosea 3:4 - "For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:"
Hosea 11:4 - "I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them."
"And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms." - Hosea 2:4
Hosea 8:4 - "They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off."
Hosea 4:3 - "Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away."
"For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name." - Hosea 2:17
Hosea 12:4 - "Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth-el, and there he spake with us;"
Hosea 1:4 - "And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel."
Hosea 4:12 - "¶ My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God." bible verse art