Hosea 4:17 Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone. When visiting a gentleman in England, Mr. Moody observed a fine canary. Admiring his beauty, the gentleman replied, "Yes, he is beautiful, but he has lost his voice. He used to be a fine singer, but I was in the habit of hanging his cage out of the window; the sparrows came round him with their incessant chirping; gradually he ceased to sing and learned their twitter." Oh, how truly does this represent many Christians! They used to delight in the songs of Zion, but they came into close association with those whose notes never rise so high, until at last, like the canary, they can do nothing but twitter, twitter. Parallel Verses KJV: Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone. |
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