Hosea 8:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹¹ When Ephraim multiplied altars to expiate sin, they became to him altars for sinning.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ For Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning; yes, to him altars are intended for sinning.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars for sinning, altars have been unto him for sinning.

Common English Bible

¹¹ When Ephraim added more altars to take away sin, they became altars to him for sinning.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ For Ephraim multiplied altars to sin, and sanctuaries have become an offense for him.

Hosea 8:11 Cross References

Hosea 12:11

In Gilead there is iniquity; they shall surely come to nothing. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls, so their altars shall be like stone heaps on the furrows of the field.

Hosea 10:8

The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed. Thorn and thistle shall grow up on their altars. They shall say to the mountains, “Cover us,” and to the hills, “Fall on us.”

Jeremiah 16:13

Therefore I will hurl you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your ancestors have known, and there you shall serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.

Deuteronomy 4:28

There you will serve gods made by human hands, objects of wood and stone that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

Jeremiah 17:1

The sin of Judah is written with an iron pen; with a diamond point it is engraved on the tablet of their hearts and on the horns of their altars,

Hosea 5:4

Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God. For the spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the Lord.