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Hosea 8:11

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
הִרְבָּ֥הhir.Bahhe has multipliedH7235 →
אֶפְרַ֛יִם'ef.Ra.yimEphraimH669 →
מִזְבְּחֹ֖תmiz.be.ChotaltarsH4196 →
לַחֲטֹ֑אla.cha.To'for sinningH2398 →
הָיוּ־ha.yu-they have becomeH1961 →
ל֥וֹloto him
מִזְבְּח֖וֹתmiz.be.ChotaltarsH4196 →
לַחֲטֹֽא׃la.cha.To'for sinningH2398 →

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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.Hosea 12:11Is 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.Deuteronomy 4:28And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.Jeremiah 16:13So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’Isaiah 10:10–11As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria,Hosea 10:8The high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”Hosea 10:1–2Israel 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.Deuteronomy 9:21And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.Exodus 32:5When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before the calf and proclaimed: “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.”Hosea 5:3I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.Isaiah 31:7For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.

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