'Altars' in the Bible
A wind has wrapped them in its wings, and they will be ashamed because of their altars.
When Ephraim multiplied altars to expiate sins, they became to him altars to sin [on].
Israel [is] a luxuriant vine; he yields fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, [the more] he made numerous altars. The more his land prospered, [the more] he improved [his] stone pillars.
Their heart is false; now they must bear [their] guilt. He himself will break down their altars; he will destroy their stone pillars.
The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed. Thorn and thistle will grow on their altars. They will say to the mountains, "Cover us," and to the hills, "Fall on us."
If [in] Gilead [there is] evil, surely they will come to nothing. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls, also their altars will be like stone heaps on furrows of [the] field.