Hos 4:16 | CPDV | STEP | For Israel has gone astray like a wanton heifer; so now the Lord will pasture them like a young lamb in a wide expanse.

‏ Hosea 4:16

16 For Israel has gone astray like a wanton heifer; so now the Lord will pasture them like a young lamb in a wide expanse. ^{▼▼4:16The sense here is that the young lamb is not pastured in a safeguarded fenced-in area, but in the more dangerous open countryside.(Conte)}