For Israel was maddened like a mad heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a wide place.
KJV
Hosea 4:16
For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
Parallel Translations
For Israel was maddened like a mad heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a wide place.
For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. Then how will Yahweh feed them like a lamb in a meadow?
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:11Hosea 11:7Jeremiah 3:6Jeremiah 14:7Jeremiah 3:8Jeremiah 3:11Isaiah 7:21–25Jeremiah 5:6Isaiah 5:17Isaiah 22:18Leviticus 26:33Jeremiah 7:24Zechariah 7:11Jeremiah 8:5
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