slideth back. hath been stubborn, restive, or intractable, refractory.
a lamb. a young ram of more than. year old.
in. large place. an uninclosed space: i. e. the lands of the heathen.
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Hosea 4:16
16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.