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.

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11 “The more altars Ephraim builds for sin,
    the more altars there will be for sin.
12 I prescribed great things from my Law for them,[a]
    but they considered them profane.
13 They offer me meat from the sacrifices of my offerings,
    and they eat from it,
        but the Lord does not accept them.
He will now remember their transgression
    and pay them back for their sins;
        to Egypt they will return.

14 “Israel has neglected its maker in building palaces.
    Judah has multiplied its fortified cities,
but I will send fire to their cities,
    and it will consume their fortresses.”

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Notas al pie

  1. Hosea 8:12 Lit. him