Hosea 8:11-14
English Standard Version
11 Because Ephraim (A)has multiplied altars for sinning,
they have become to him altars for sinning.
12 (B)Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands,
they would be regarded as a strange thing.
13 As for my sacrificial offerings,
(C)they sacrifice meat and eat it,
but the Lord does not accept them.
(D)Now he will remember their iniquity
and punish their sins;
(E)they shall return to Egypt.
14 For (F)Israel has forgotten (G)his Maker
and (H)built palaces,
and (I)Judah has multiplied fortified cities;
so (J)I will send a fire upon his cities,
and it shall devour her strongholds.
Hosea 8:11-14
Revised Standard Version
11 Because E′phraim has multiplied altars for sinning,
they have become to him altars for sinning.
12 Were I to write for him my laws by ten thousands,
they would be regarded as a strange thing.
13 They love sacrifice;[a]
they sacrifice flesh and eat it;
but the Lord has no delight in them.
Now he will remember their iniquity,
and punish their sins;
they shall return to Egypt.
14 For Israel has forgotten his Maker,
and built palaces;
and Judah has multiplied fortified cities;
but I will send a fire upon his cities,
and it shall devour his strongholds.
Footnotes
- Hosea 8:13 Cn: Heb uncertain
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