Hosea 4:16 Parallel Translations

"The people of Israel are as stubborn as a bull. How can the LORD feed them like lambs in an open pasture?(GOD'S WORD®)

For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

For Israel hath behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer: now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.

BBE:

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.

DBY:

For Israel is refractory as an untractable heifer; now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a wide pasture.

ERV:

For Israel hath behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer: now will the LORD feed them as a lamb in a large place.

JPS:

For Israel is stubborn like a stubborn heifer; now shall the LORD feed them as a lamb in a large place?

WBS:

For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

WEB:

For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. Then how will Yahweh feed them like a lamb in a meadow.

YLT:

For as a refractory heifer hath Israel turned aside, Now doth Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.

Hosea 4:16 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 78:8 And not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not prepare its heart And whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Isaiah 5:17 Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, And strangers will eat in the waste places of the wealthy.

Isaiah 7:25 As for all the hills which used to be cultivated with the hoe, you will not go there for fear of briars and thorns; but they will become a place for pasturing oxen and for sheep to trample. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

4:16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a {u} lamb in a large place.
(u) God will so disperse them, that they will not remain in any certain place.

WES:

4:16 Israel - The ten tribes. As a back - sliding heifer - Which when grown lusty, and wanton, will neither endure the yoke nor be confined in her allowed pastures. In a large place - In a large place or wilderness, where is no rest, safety or provision; such shall be the condition of the ten tribes.

MHC:

4:12-19 The people consulted images, and not the Divine word. This would lead to disorder and sin. Thus men prepare scourges for themselves, and vice is spread through a people. Let not Judah come near the idolatrous worship of Israel. For Israel was devoted to idols, and must now be let alone. When sinners cast off the easy yoke of Christ, they go on in sin till the Lord saith, Let them alone. Then they receive no more warnings, feel no more convictions: Satan takes full possession of them, and they ripen for destruction. It is a sad and sore judgment for any man to be let alone in sin. Those who are not disturbed in their sin, will be destroyed for their sin. May we be kept from this awful state; for the wrath of God, like a strong tempest, will soon hurry impenitent sinners into ruin.

CONC:

Aside Backsliding Behaved Broad Controlled Cow Extremely Feed Field Heifer Lamb Lambs Large Meadow Pasture Refractory Slideth Stubborn Stubbornly Uncontrolled Untractable Wide

Backsliding Behaved Broad Cow Extremely Feed Field Food Heifer Israel Israelites Lamb Meadow Pasture Refractory Stubborn Stubbornly Turned Uncontrolled Wide

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