Hosea 8:11

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Israel, you have built many altars where you offer sacrifices for sin. But these altars have become places for sin.

Cross References

Jeremiah 16:13

So I will throw you into a land that you and your ancestors know nothing about, a place where you will have to worship other gods both day and night. And I won't feel the least bit sorry for you.

Jeremiah 17:1

People of Judah, your sins cannot be erased. They are written on your hearts like words chiselled in stone or carved on the corners of your altars.

Hosea 10:8

The altars at sinful Bethel will be destroyed for causing Israel to sin; they will be overgrown with thorns and thistles. Then everyone will beg the mountains and hills to cover and protect them.

Hosea 12:11

Gilead is terribly sinful and will end up ruined. Bulls are sacrificed in Gilgal on altars made of stones, but those stones will be scattered in every field.

Hosea 5:4

Your evil deeds are the reason you won't return to me, your LORD God. And your constant craving for sex keeps you from knowing me.

Deuteronomy 4:28

There you will have to worship gods made of wood and stone, and these are nothing but idols that can't see or hear or eat or smell.