Hosea 8:11 KJV — MannaFest

Hosea 8:11

Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

KJV

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ASV

Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars for sinning, altars have been unto him for sinning.

WEB

Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.

YLT

Because Ephraim did multiply altars to sin, They have been to him altars to sin.

DBT

Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

About this book

Old Testament

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Hosea — A prophet commanded to marry an unfaithful wife — his marriage becomes the sermon. Fourteen chapters on covenant unfaithfulness and a love that will not let Israel go.

Author: Hosea son of Beeri (1:1)
Date: Ministry c. 755–715 BC — the decades leading up to the 722 BC fall of the northern kingdom

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Cross-references

10 verses on the floor

Hosea 10:1
Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
Hosea 12:11
Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
Deuteronomy 4:28
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Jeremiah 16:13
Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour.
Isaiah 10:10–11
As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

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No, they made many altars to sin (that is, they did that which turned into sin to them), and therefore these altars shall be unto them to sin, that is, God will charge it upon them as a heinous sin, and put that upon the score of their crimes which they designed to be for the expiation of their crimes.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

God in righteous retribution gives them up to their own way; the sin becomes its own punishment (Pr 1:31). many altars--in opposition to God's law (De 12:5, 6, 13, 14). to sin . . . to sin--Their altars which were "sin" (whatever religious intentions they might plead) should be treated as such, and be the source of their punishment (1Ki 12:30;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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H669180× in canon H7235227× in canon H2398238× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

HOS 8:11JER 16:13 DEU 28:36
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
HOS 8:11HOS 10:8 REV 6:16
HOS 8:11HOS 10:8 LUK 23:30
HOS 8:11HOS 10:8 ISA 2:19
HOS 8:11DEU 4:28 DEU 28:64
HOS 8:11JER 16:13 DEU 4:26-28
HOS 8:11JER 16:13 JER 15:14
HOS 8:11DEU 4:28 JER 16:13

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