Hosea 8:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.”
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“Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars for sinning, altars have been unto him for sinning.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Because Ephraim did multiply altars to sin, They have been to him altars to sin.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Hosea 8:11 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 4:28And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.
- Isaiah 10:10As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
- Jeremiah 16:13So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’
- Jeremiah 17:1“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.
- Hosea 5:4Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.
- Hosea 10:1Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.
- Hosea 10:8The high places of Aven will be destroyed— it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
- Hosea 12:11Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
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