Hosea 8:11
Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin: altars are become to him unto sin.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
In Context
12I shall write to him my manifold laws, which have been accounted as foreign.
Cross References
Isaiah 10:10As my hand hath found the king- dome of the idol, so also their idols of Jerusalem, and of Samaria.
Jeremiah 17:1The sin of Juda is written with a pen of iron, with the point of a diamond, it is graven upon the table of their heart, upon the horns of their altars.
Hosea 10:1Israel a vine full of branches, the fruit is agreeable to it: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath multiplied altars, according to the plenty of his land he hath abounded with idols.
Hosea 12:11If Galaad be an idol, then in vain were they in Galgal offering sacrifices with bullocks: for their altars also are as heaps in the furrows of the field.
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 →