'Sin' in the Bible

They feed on the sin of My peopleAnd direct their desire toward their iniquity.

Since Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin,They have become altars of sinning for him.

Also the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed;Thorn and thistle will grow on their altars;Then they will say to the mountains,“Cover us!” And to the hills, “Fall on us!”

And Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich,I have found wealth for myself;In all my labors they will find in meNo iniquity, which would be sin.”

And now they sin more and more,And make for themselves molten images,Idols skillfully made from their silver,All of them the work of craftsmen.They say of them, “Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves!”

The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up;His sin is stored up.