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Hosea 8:11-13
EasyEnglish Bible
Hosea 8:11-13
EasyEnglish Bible
11 Ephraim's people have built many altars to make sin offerings.
But the altars have become places where the people do even more sins![a]
12 I carefully explained my laws to my people.
But they do not accept my laws as their own.
13 Israel's people offer sacrifices to me,
and they eat the meat from those sacrifices.
But their sacrifices do not please me.
I know that they are guilty of wicked things.
Soon I will punish them for their sins.
They will have to return to Egypt.
Footnotes
- 8:11 The covenant said that there should be only one altar. The people in Israel had built many altars. The altars should have been places where people asked God to forgive them for their sins. But instead, they became places where the people did bad things.
Hosea 8:11-13
New International Version
Hosea 8:11-13
New International Version
11 “Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings,
these have become altars for sinning.(A)
12 I wrote for them the many things of my law,
but they regarded them as something foreign.(B)
13 Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to me,
and though they eat(C) the meat,
the Lord is not pleased with them.(D)
Now he will remember(E) their wickedness
and punish their sins:(F)
They will return to Egypt.(G)
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