Hosea 4:16
For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
For Israel slideth backe, as a backe sliding heifer: now the LORD will feede them as a lambe in a large place.
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- 1 Samuel 15:11Rank 1 from verse 16
11It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lord all night.
11It repenteth me that I haue set vp Saul to be king: for hee is turned backe from following me, and hath not performed my commandements. And it grieued Samuel; and he cried vnto the LORD all night.
- Hosea 11:7Rank 2 from verse 16
- Isaiah 22:18Rank 3 from verse 16
18He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord’s house.
18†He will surely violently turne and tosse thee, like a ball into a large countrey: there shalt thou die, and there the charets of thy glory shall be the shame of thy LORDs house.
- Isaiah 5:17Rank 4 from verse 16
- Isaiah 7:21–25Rank 5 from verse 16
21And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;
22And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.
23And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.
24With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
25And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.
21And it shall come to passe in that day, that a man shal nourish a yong cow and two sheepe.
22†And it shall come to passe, for the abundance of milke that they shall giue, he shal eate butter: for butter and hony shall euery one eate, that is left in the land.
23And it shall come to passe in that day, that euery place shalbe, where there were a thousand Uines at a thousand siluerlings, it shall euen be for briers and thornes.
24With arrowes and with bowes shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briars and thornes.
25And on all hilles that shalbe digged with the mattocke, there shall not come thither the feare of briars and thornes: but it shall bee for the sending foorth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattell.
- Jeremiah 14:7Rank 6 from verse 16
- Jeremiah 3:11Rank 7 from verse 16
- Jeremiah 3:6Rank 8 from verse 16
6¶ The Lord said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
6¶ *The LORD said also vnto me, in the daies of Iosiah the king, Hast thou seene that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone vp vpon euery high mountaine, and vnder euery greene tree, and there hath plaied the harlot.
- Jeremiah 3:8Rank 9 from verse 16
8And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
8And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adulterie, I had put her away and giuen her a bill of diuorce: yet her treacherous sister Iudah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
- Jeremiah 5:6Rank 10 from verse 16
6Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
6‖†Wherfore a lyon out of the forrest shall slay them, and a wolfe of the euenings shall spoile them, a leopard shall watch ouer their cities: euery one that goeth out thence shalbe torne in pieces, because their transgressions are many, and their backeslidings are increased.
- Jeremiah 7:24Rank 11 from verse 16
24But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
24‖†But they hearkened not, nor inclined their eare, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their euill heart, and went backward, and not forward.
- Jeremiah 8:5Rank 12 from verse 16
- Leviticus 26:33Rank 13 from verse 16
- Zechariah 7:11Rank 14 from verse 16
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Hosea 4:16
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.
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Slides or turns back from a course.
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Sense 1: The rear part; a position or direction behind. Sense 2: A return to a former place or condition.
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COMBINED MEANING
backsliding
Turning back from a former course of faithfulness into sin or unfaithfulness.
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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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Sense 1: To give or take food; to nourish, tend, or graze. Sense 2: Food for animals.
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1. A young sheep. 2. Figuratively, a person or appearance likened to a lamb.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Great in size, extent, amount, or capacity; broad or spacious.
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Sense 1: A physical location or room. Sense 2: A position or office. Sense 3: An occasion, circumstance, or passage. Sense 4: To set, fix, locate, or establish.
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15¶ Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The Lord liveth.
15¶ *Though thou Israel play the harlot, yet let not Iudah offend, and come not ye vnto Gilgal, neither goe ye vp to Beth-auen, nor sweare, The LORD liueth:
16For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
16For Israel slideth backe, as a backe sliding heifer: now the LORD will feede them as a lambe in a large place.
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