Hosea 8:11

New International Version

“Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings, these have become altars for sinning.

Cross References

Jeremiah 16:13

So I will throw you out of this land into a land neither you nor your ancestors have known, and there you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’

Jeremiah 17:1

“Judah’s sin is engraved with an iron tool, inscribed with a flint point, on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.

Hosea 10:8

The high places of wickedness will be destroyed— it is the sin of Israel. Thorns and thistles will grow up and cover their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”

Hosea 12:11

Is Gilead wicked? Its people are worthless! Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Their altars will be like piles of stones on a plowed field.

Hosea 5:4

“Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God. A spirit of prostitution is in their heart; they do not acknowledge the Lord.

Deuteronomy 4:28

There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.