Hosea 8:11

New American Bible - revised edition

When Ephraim made many altars to expiate sin, they became altars for sinning.

Cross References

Jeremiah 16:13

I will throw you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your ancestors have known; there you can serve other gods day and night because I will not show you mercy. Return from Exile.

Jeremiah 17:1

The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, Engraved with a diamond point upon the tablets of their hearts, And the horns of their altars,

Hosea 10:8

The high places of Aven will be destroyed, the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will cry out to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall upon us!”

Hosea 12:11

I spoke to the prophets, I granted many visions, and through the prophets I told parables.

Hosea 5:4

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

Deuteronomy 4:28

There you shall serve gods that are works of human hands, of wood and stone, gods which can neither see nor hear, neither eat nor smell.