Hosea 8:11-13

Contemporary English Version

¹¹Israel, you have built
many altars where you offer
    sacrifices for sin.
But these altars have become
    places for sin.
¹²My instructions for sacrifices
were written in detail,
    but you ignored them.
¹³You sacrifice your best animals
    and eat the sacrificial meals,^[a]
but I, the Lord,
    refuse your offerings.
I will remember your sins
    and punish you.
Then you will return to Egypt.^[b]

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Footnotes

8.13 sacrifice … sacrificial meals: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text. Two kinds of sacrifices are referred to: Those in which the whole animal is burned on the altar (“whole burnt offerings” in traditional translations) and those in which part is eaten by the worshipers (“fellowship offerings” in traditional translations).
8.13 return to Egypt: Either as slaves or to find help against Assyria.