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11 Ephraim has multiplied his altars for sin offerings,
    but for him they became altars for sinning.
12 Though I wrote many teachings from my law for them,
    they regarded them as strange.
13 They offer sacrifices to me just to get the meat.[a]
    They sacrifice flesh and eat it,
    but the Lord is not pleased with them.
    Now he will remember their guilt
    and punish their sins.
    They will return to Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 8:13 The meaning of this line is uncertain.