Hosea 8:11 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹¹ Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, they have become 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin: altars are become to him unto sin.

Hosea 8:11 Cross References

Jeremiah 16:13

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.’

Jeremiah 17:1

“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,

Hosea 10:8

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.

Hosea 12:11

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.

Hosea 5:4

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.

Deuteronomy 4:28

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.