therefore will I cast you forth out of this land into the land that ye have not known, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; for I will shew you no favour.
Hosea 8:11 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, altars have been unto him to sin. 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 will I cast you forth out of this land into the land that ye have not known, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; for I will shew you no favour.
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
Is Gilead iniquity? they are altogether vanity; in Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks: yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.
Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not the LORD.
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.