therefore will I cast you forth out of this land into the land that you have not known, neither you nor your fathers; and there shall you serve other gods day and night; for I will show you no favor.
Hosea 8:11 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Because Efrayim has multiplied altars for sinning, they became for him altars for sinning. 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. |
therefore will I cast you forth out of this land into the land that you have not known, neither you nor your fathers; and there shall you serve other gods day and night; for I will show you no favor.
The sin of Yehudah is written with a pen of iron, [and] with the point of a diamond: it is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of your altars;
The high places also of Aven, the sin of Yisra'el, will be destroyed. The thorn and the thistle will come up on their altars. They will tell the mountains, *Cover us!* and the hills, *Fall on us!*
If Gil`ad is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.
Their deeds won't allow them to turn to their God; for the spirit of prostitution is within them, and they don't know the LORD.
There you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.