Hosea 4:16
Good News Translation
The people of Israel are as stubborn as mules. How can I feed them like lambs in a meadow?

New Revised Standard Version
Like a stubborn heifer, Israel is stubborn; can the LORD now feed them like a lamb in a broad pasture?

Contemporary English Version
You are nothing more than a stubborn cow--so stubborn that I, the LORD, cannot feed you like lambs in an open pasture.

New American Bible
For like a stubborn cow, Israel is stubborn; Will the LORD now pasture them, like lambs in a broad meadow?

Douay-Rheims Bible
For Israel hath gone astray like a wanton heifer now will the Lord feed them, as a lamb in a spacious place.

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For Israel hath gone astray like a wanton heifer now will the Lord feed them, as a lamb in a spacious place.

slideth.

Hosea 11:7 And my people shall long for my return: but a yoke shall be put upon them together, which shall not be taken off.

1 Samuel 15:11 It repenteth me that I have made Saul king: for he hath forsaken me, and hath not executed my commandments. And Samuel was grieved, and he cried unto the Lord all night.

Jeremiah 3:6,8,11 And the Lord said to me in the days of king Josias: Hast thou seen what rebellious Israel hath done? she hath gone of herself upon every high mountain, and under every green tree, and hath played the harlot there. . . .

Jeremiah 5:6 Wherefore a lion out of the wood hath slain them, a wolf in the evening hath spoiled them, a leopard watcheth for their cities: every one that shall go out thence shall be taken, because their transgressions are multiplied, their rebellions are strengthened.

Jeremiah 7:24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear: but walked in their own will, and in the perversity of their wicked heart: and went backward and not forward,

Jeremiah 8:5 Why then is this people in Jerusalem turned away with a stubborn revolting? they have laid hold on lying, and have refused to return.

Jeremiah 14:7 If our iniquities have testified against us, O Lord, do thou it for thy name's sake, for our rebellions are many, we have sinned against thee.

Zechariah 7:11 But they would not hearken, and they turned away the shoulder to depart: and they stopped their ears, not to hear.

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as a lamb.

Leviticus 26:33 And I will scatter you among the Gentiles: and I will draw out the sword after you. And your land shall be desert, and your cities destroyed.

Isaiah 7:21-25 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep. . . .

Isaiah 22:18 He will crown thee with a crown of tribulation, he will toss thee like a ball into a large and spacious country: there shalt thou die, and there shall the chariot of thy glory be, the shame of the house of thy Lord.

Context
God's Charges Against Israel
15If thou play the harlot, O Israel, at least let not Juda offend: and go ye not into Galgal, and come not up into Bethaven, and do not swear: The Lord liveth. 16For Israel hath gone astray like a wanton heifer now will the Lord feed them, as a lamb in a spacious place.17Ephraim is a partaker with idols, let him alone.…
Cross References
Psalm 78:8
That they may not become like their fathers, a perverse and exasperating generation. A generation that set not their heart aright: and whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Isaiah 5:17
And the lambs shall feed according to their order, and strangers shall eat the deserts turned into fruitfulness.

Isaiah 7:25
And as for the hills that shall be raked with a rake, the fear of thorns and briers shall not come thither, but they shall be for the ox to feed on, and the lesser cattle to tread upon.

Isaiah 30:23
And rain shall be given to thy seed, wheresoever thou shalt sow in the land: and the bread of the corn of the land shall be most plentiful, and fat. The lamb in that day shall feed at large in thy possession:

Jeremiah 31:18
Hearing I heard Ephraim when he went into captivity: thou hast chastised me, and I was instructed, as a young bullock unaccustomed to the yoke. Convert me, and I shall be converted, for thou art the Lord my God.

Hosea 10:11
Ephraim is a heifer taught to love to tread out corn, but I passed over upon the beauty of her neck: I will ride upon Ephraim, Juda shall plough, Jacob shall break the furrows for himself.

Hosea 11:6
The sword hath begun in his cities, and it shall consume his chosen men, and shall devour their heads.

Hosea 4:15
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