Hosea 4:17-19

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¹⁷E′phraim is joined to idols,
    let him alone.
¹⁸A band^[a] of drunkards, they give themselves to harlotry;
    they love shame more than their glory.^[b]
¹⁹A wind has wrapped them^[c] in its wings,
    and they shall be ashamed because of their altars.^[d]

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Hosea 4:18 Cn: Heb uncertain
Hosea 4:18 Cn Compare Gk: Heb of this line uncertain
Hosea 4:19 Heb her
Hosea 4:19 Gk Syr: Heb sacrifices

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