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Hosea 12:11

Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.

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ASV

Is Gilead iniquity? they are altogether false; in Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אִם־'im-<if>?H518 →
גִּלְעָ֥דgil.'Ad[is] GileadH1568 →
אָ֙וֶן֙'a.venwickednessH205 →
אַךְ־'akh-surelyH389 →
שָׁ֣וְאshav'worthlessnessH7723 →
הָי֔וּha.Yuthey areH1961 →
בַּגִּלְגָּ֖לba.gil.Galin <the> GilgalH1537 →
שְׁוָרִ֣יםshe.va.RimbullsH7794 →
זִבֵּ֑חוּzi.Be.chuthey have sacrificedH2076 →
גַּ֤םgamalsoH1571 →
מִזְבְּחוֹתָם֙miz.be.cho.Tamaltars theirH4196 →
כְּגַלִּ֔יםke.ga.Lim[are] like heaps of stonesH1530 →
עַ֖ל'alonH5921 →
תַּלְמֵ֥יtal.Mei[the] furrows ofH8525 →
שָׂדָֽי׃sa.Daia fieldH7704 →

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Hosea 8:11Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.Hosea 4:15Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’Hosea 6:8Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.Jeremiah 17:1“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.Hosea 9:15All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.Hosea 10:1Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.2 Kings 17:9–11The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.Amos 5:5Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.Jeremiah 2:20“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.Jonah 2:8Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.Jeremiah 10:15They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.Jeremiah 2:28But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.Jeremiah 10:8But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!1 Kings 17:1Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”Amos 4:4“Go to Bethel and transgress; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days.Jeremiah 11:13Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’1 Kings 12:31Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.Numbers 23:14So Balak took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

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