Hosea 8:11

Modern English Version

Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin, they have become to him altars for sinning.

Cross References

Jeremiah 16:13

Therefore I will cast you out of this land into a land that you do not know, neither you nor your fathers; and there you will serve other gods day and night because I will not show you favor.

Jeremiah 17:1

The sin of Judah is written with an iron pen and with a diamond point; 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, will be destroyed. Thorn and thistle will grow on their altars. They will say to the mountains, Cover us, and to the hills, Fall on us.

Hosea 12:11

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

Hosea 5:4

Their deeds do not allow them to return to their God; for a spirit of harlotry is in their midst, and they do not know the Lord.

Deuteronomy 4:28

There you will serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.