Hosea 8:11

Although Ephraim has built many altars for sin offerings, these have become altars for sinning!

Hosea 12:11

Is there idolatry in Gilead? Certainly its inhabitants will come to nothing! Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Surely their altars will be like stones heaped up on a plowed field!

Deuteronomy 4:28

There you will worship gods made by human hands -- wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.

Isaiah 10:10-11

I overpowered kingdoms ruled by idols, whose carved images were more impressive than Jerusalem's or Samaria's.

Jeremiah 16:13

So I will throw you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your ancestors have ever known. There you must worship other gods day and night, for I will show you no mercy.'"

Hosea 10:1-2

Israel was a fertile vine that yielded fruit. As his fruit multiplied, he multiplied altars to Baal. As his land prospered, they adorned the fertility pillars.

Hosea 10:8

The high places of the "House of Wickedness" will be destroyed; it is the place where Israel sins. Thorns and thistles will grow up over its altars. Then they will say to the mountains, "Cover us!" and to the hills, "Fall on us!"

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Summary

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

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Hosea 10:1
Israel was a fertile vine that yielded fruit. As his fruit multiplied, he multiplied altars to Baal. As his land prospered, they adorned the fertility pillars.
Hosea 12:11
Is there idolatry in Gilead? Certainly its inhabitants will come to nothing! Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Surely their altars will be like stones heaped up on a plowed field!
Isaiah 10:10
I overpowered kingdoms ruled by idols, whose carved images were more impressive than Jerusalem's or Samaria's.

Altars

Deuteronomy 4:28
There you will worship gods made by human hands -- wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.
Jeremiah 16:13
So I will throw you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your ancestors have ever known. There you must worship other gods day and night, for I will show you no mercy.'"

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