Hosea 8:11

Good News Translation

“The more altars the people of Israel build for removing sin, the more places they have for sinning!

Cross References

Jeremiah 16:13

So then, I will throw you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your ancestors have ever known. And there you will serve other gods day and night, and I will show you no mercy.’”

Jeremiah 17:1

The Lord says, “People of Judah, your sin is written with an iron pen; it is engraved on your hearts with a diamond point and carved on the corners of your altars.

Hosea 10:8

The hilltop shrines of Aven, where the people of Israel worship idols, will be destroyed. Thorns and weeds will grow up over their altars. The people will call out to the mountains, “Hide us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”

Hosea 12:11

Yet idols are worshiped in Gilead, and those who worship them will die. Bulls are sacrificed in Gilgal, and the altars there will become piles of stone in the open fields.”

Hosea 5:4

The evil that the people have done keeps them from returning to their God. Idolatry has a powerful hold on them, and they do not acknowledge the Lord.

Deuteronomy 4:28

There you will serve gods made by human hands, gods of wood and stone, gods that cannot see or hear, eat or smell.