therefore I will hurl you out of this land into a land which neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’
Hosea 8:11 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, they have become to him altars for sinning. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning; yes, to him altars are intended for sinning. American Standard Version (1901) Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars for sinning, altars have been unto him for sinning. Common English Bible When Ephraim added more altars to take away sin, they became altars to him for sinning. Catholic Public Domain Version For Ephraim multiplied altars to sin, and sanctuaries have become an offense for him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin: altars are become to him unto sin. |
therefore I will hurl you out of this land into a land which neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’
“The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron; with a point of diamond it is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of their altars,
The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed. Thorn and thistle shall grow up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us, and to the hills, Fall upon us.
If there is iniquity in Gilead they shall surely come to naught; if in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls, their altars also shall be like stone heaps on the furrows of the field.
Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God. For the spirit of harlotry is within them, and they know not the Lord.
And there you will serve gods of wood and stone, the work of men's hands, that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.