For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince,(A) without sacrifice(B) or sacred stones,(C) without ephod(D) or household gods.(E)

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For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:

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For the children of Israel shall abide many days (A)without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without (B)ephod or (C)teraphim.

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The more priests there were,
    the more they sinned against me;
    they exchanged their glorious God[a](A) for something disgraceful.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:7 Syriac (see also an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition); Masoretic Text me; / I will exchange their glory

As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.

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“The more they increased,
The more they sinned against Me;
(A)I[a] will change [b]their glory into shame.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:7 So with MT, LXX, Vg.; scribal tradition, Syr., Tg. They will change
  2. Hosea 4:7 So with MT, LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg.; scribal tradition My glory

11 “Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings,
    these have become altars for sinning.(A)

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

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11 “Because Ephraim has made many altars for sin,
They have become for him altars for sinning.

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11 Is Gilead wicked?(A)
    Its people are worthless!
Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal?(B)
    Their altars will be like piles of stones
    on a plowed field.(C)

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11 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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11 Though (A)Gilead has idols—
Surely they are [a]vanity—
Though they sacrifice bulls in (B)Gilgal,
Indeed their altars shall be heaps in the furrows of the field.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:11 worthless