Hosea 8:11

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

When Ephraim multiplied altars to expiate sin, they became to him altars for sinning.

Cross References

Jeremiah 16:13

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

Jeremiah 17:1

The sin of Judah is written with an iron pen; with a diamond point it is engraved on the tablet of their hearts and on the horns of their altars,

Hosea 10:8

The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed. Thorn and thistle shall grow up on their altars. They shall say to the mountains, “Cover us,” and to the hills, “Fall on us.”

Hosea 12:11

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

Hosea 5:4

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

Deuteronomy 4:28

There you will serve gods made by human hands, objects of wood and stone that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.