Hosea 8:11
Because Ephraim has been increasing altars for sin, altars have become a cause of sin to him.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
In Context
12Though I put my law in writing for him in ten thousand rules, they are to him as a strange thing.
Cross References
Isaiah 10:10As my hand has come on the kingdoms of the images, whose pictured images were more in number than those of Jerusalem and Samaria;
Jeremiah 17:1The sin of Judah is recorded with a pen of iron, and with the sharp point of a jewel it is cut on their hearts of stone, and on the horns of their altars for a sign to them:
Hosea 10:1Israel is a branching vine, full of fruit; as his fruit is increased, so the number of his altars is increased; as the land is fair, so they have made fair pillars.
Hosea 12:11\12:10\My word came to the ears of the prophets and I gave them visions in great number, and by the mouths of the prophets I made use of comparisons.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 8:9-14
The Sins of Israel; The Crimes of the People. ( b. c. 745.) 8 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure. 9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. 10 Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes. 11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. 12 I have written to him the great things… Read the whole commentary →