Hosea 4:16

Slideth back. — More correctly, is stubborn as a stubborn cow.

Will feed them as a lamb in a large place. — An expression of tender commiseration (so Ewald). But most commentators understand it in an unfavourable sense, i.e., will lead them forth into the desolate wilderness, a prey to wild beasts, or into the loneliness that a lamb would feel in a boundless pasture.