So I will throw you out of this country. I will force you to go to a foreign country. You will go to a land that you and your ancestors never knew. In that land you can serve false gods all you want to. I will not help you or show you any favors.’
Hosea 8:11 - Easy To Read Version Ephraim {\cf2\super [80]} built more and more altars, {\cf2\super [81]} \par and that was a sin.\par They have been altars of sin for Ephraim.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning; yes, to him altars are intended for sinning. American Standard Version (1901) Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars for sinning, altars have been unto him for sinning. Common English Bible When Ephraim added more altars to take away sin, they became altars to him for sinning. Catholic Public Domain Version For Ephraim multiplied altars to sin, and sanctuaries have become an offense for him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin: altars are become to him unto sin. |
So I will throw you out of this country. I will force you to go to a foreign country. You will go to a land that you and your ancestors never knew. In that land you can serve false gods all you want to. I will not help you or show you any favors.’
“The sins of the people of Judah\par are written down in a place where they can’t be erased.\par Those sins were cut into stone\par with an iron pen.\par Their sins were cut into stone\par with a diamond tipped pen. {\cf2\super [134]} \par And that stone is their heart.\par Those sins were cut\par into the horns of their altars. {\cf2\super [135]} \par
Israel sinned and built many high places. {\cf2\super [104]} The high places of Aven {\cf2\super [105]} will be destroyed. Thorns and weeds will grow on their altars. {\cf2\super [106]} Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
But the people in Gilead {\cf2\super [138]} have sinned. There are many terrible idols in that place. The people offer sacrifices to bulls at Gilgal. Those people have many altars. {\cf2\super [139]} There are rows and rows of altars—like the rows of dirt in a plowed field.
The people of Israel have done many bad things. And those bad things keep them from coming back to their God. They are always thinking of ways to chase after other gods. They don’t know the Lord.
There you will serve gods made by men—things made of wood and stone that can’t see or hear or eat or smell!