Hosea 8:11
Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
In Context
12I have prescribed unto him the manifold things of my law: they are counted [as] a strange thing.
Cross References
Isaiah 10:10As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and their graven images exceeded those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
Jeremiah 17:1The sin of Judah is written with a style of iron, with the point of a diamond, engraven upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
Hosea 10:1Israel is an unpruned vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the abundance of his fruit he hath multiplied altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly statues.
Hosea 12:11If Gilead is iniquity, surely they are but vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
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 →