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17     Ephraim is allied with idols;
        don’t have anything to do with him![a]
18     When they’ve finished drinking, they turn to prostitution to sate their thirst.
        Their rulers love shame rather than living decently.[b]
19     They’ll be swept away by the wind,
        and they’ll be ashamed of the way they sacrificed to idols.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:17 Meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
  2. 4:18 Meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.

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