Hosea 8:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars for sinning, altars have been unto him for sinning.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־הִרְבָּ֥ה אֶפְרַ֛יִם מִזְבְּחֹ֖ת לַחֲטֹ֑א הָיוּ־ל֥וֹ מִזְבְּח֖וֹת לַחֲטֹֽא׃

Transliteration

For hirbāh ʾep̄rayim mizbəḥōṯ for laḥăṭōʾ; they hāyû-to him mizbəḥôṯ for laḥăṭōʾ.

Grammar Details

*hirbāh*: verb, hifil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he multiplied
*ʾep̄rayim*: proper noun - Ephraim
*mizbəḥōṯ*: noun, masculine, plural absolute - altars
*laḥăṭōʾ*: preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct - for sinning
*hāyû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they became
*mizbəḥôṯ*: noun, masculine, plural absolute - altars

Word Meanings

*hirbāh*: multiplied/increased/made many
*mizbəḥōṯ*: altars/places of sacrifice
*laḥăṭōʾ*: for sinning/to sin/for sin
*hāyû*: they became/were

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Referenced Verses

Hos 12:11 : 11 Is Gilead iniquity? they are altogether false; in Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.
Deut 4:28 : 28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Isa 10:10-11 : 10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; 11 shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
Jer 16:13 : 13 therefore will I cast you forth out of this land into the land that ye have not known, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; for I will show you no favor.
Hos 10:1-2 : 1 Israel is a luxuriant vine, that putteth forth his fruit: according to the abundance of his fruit he hath multiplied his altars; according to the goodness of their land they have made goodly [ pillars.] 2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he will smite their altars, he will destroy their pillars.
Hos 10:8 : 8 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Isa 27:9
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9Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be forgiven, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, [so that] the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more.
Hos 10:1-2
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1Israel is a luxuriant vine, that putteth forth his fruit: according to the abundance of his fruit he hath multiplied his altars; according to the goodness of their land they have made goodly [ pillars.]
2Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he will smite their altars, he will destroy their pillars.
Hos 13:1-2
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1When Ephraim spake, there was trembling; he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
2And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
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13For according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.
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17Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.
Hos 4:7-8
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Hos 12:8
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5And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in their iniquity; Judah also shall stumble with them.
Jer 17:1-2
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1The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, [and] with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
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2 Kgs 23:15
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