Hosea 4:16

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For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a large place.For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?

In other translations

For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a large place.For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?

Hebrew words

כִּיkiforH3588כְּפָרָהkefarahlike a heiferH6510סֹרֵרָהsorerahstubbornH5637סָרַרsararit is stubbornH5637יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478עַתָּה'atahnowH6258יִרְעֵםyir'emhe will pasture themH7462יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068כְּכֶבֶשׂkekheveslike a lambH3532בַּמֶּרְחָב׃bamerchavin <the> roomy placeH4800

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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