Hosea 8:11

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Hos 12:11 : 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.
  • 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, and 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 out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour.
  • Hos 10:1-2 : 1 Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images. 2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
  • Hos 10:8 : 8 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the trn 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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  • 9By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.

  • Hos 10:1-2
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    1Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.

    2Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.

  • Hos 13:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1When Ephraim spake 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, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

  • Hos 8:12-14
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    12I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.

    13They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.

    14For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

  • 11Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

  • 13For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of usalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.

  • 11Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:

  • 17Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

  • Hos 4:7-8
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    7As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.

    8They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.

  • 8And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

  • 12The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.

  • 11Is 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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    11And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:

    12For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

  • Hos 5:3-5
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    3I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, tu committest wredom, and Israel is defiled.

    4They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of wredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.

    5And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall 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 table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;

    2Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.

  • 9They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.

  • 14That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Beth-el: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.

  • Hos 8:5-6
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    5Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: w long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

    6For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

  • 1Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

  • 8Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

  • Hos 11:7-8
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    7And my people are bent to backsliding from me: tugh they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.

    8w shall I give thee up, Ephraim? w shall I deliver thee, Israel? w shall I make thee as Admah? w shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.

  • 10I have seen an rrible thing in the use of Israel: there is the wredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

  • 30And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.

  • 5For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?

  • 7How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.

  • 2As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.

  • 10Yea, tugh they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.

  • 14Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.

  • 16And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.

  • Hos 10:8-9
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    8The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the trn 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.

    9O Israel, tu hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.

  • 15Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.

  • 10They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.

  • 11Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto.

  • 12Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the use of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.

  • 12Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity.

  • 9Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

  • 30I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols.

  • 21For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.