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
Common English Bible
11 When Ephraim added more altars to take away sin,
they became altars to him for sinning.
12 Even though I write out for him a large number of my instructions,
they are regarded as strange.
13 Though they offer choice sacrifices,[a]
though they eat flesh,
the Lord doesn’t accept them.
Now he will remember their wickedness
and punish their sins;
they will return to Egypt.
14 Israel has forgotten his maker,
and built palaces;
and Judah has multiplied walled cities;
but I will send a fire upon his cities,
and it will devour his fortresses.
Footnotes
- Hosea 8:13 Correction; Heb uncertain
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