Hosea 8:11-14

Israel Will Reap the Whirlwind

11 Because Ephraim v has multiplied altars for sinning,
they have become to him altars for sinning.
 12 w Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands,
they would be regarded as a strange thing.
 13 As for my sacrificial offerings,
x they sacrifice meat and eat it,
but the Lord does not accept them.
y Now he will remember their iniquity
and punish their sins;
z they shall return to Egypt.
 14 For a Israel has forgotten b his Maker
and c built palaces,
and a Judah has multiplied fortified cities;
so d I will send a fire upon his cities,
and it shall devour her strongholds.

  1. Cross References
    Hosea 10:1
    Israel is a luxuriant vine that yields its fruit. The more his fruit increased, the more altars he built; as his country improved, he improved his pillars.
    Hosea 12:11
    If there is iniquity in Gilead, they shall surely come to nothing: in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls; their altars also are like stone heaps on the furrows of the field.
  2. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:6
    Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, 'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
    Deuteronomy 4:8
    And what great nation is there, that has statutes and rules so righteous as all this law that I set before you today?
  3. Cross References
    Jeremiah 7:21
    Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: "Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat the flesh.
    Amos 4:4
    Come to Bethel, and transgress; to Gilgal, and multiply transgression; bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days.
  4. Cross References
    Hosea 9:9
    They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah: he will remember their iniquity; he will punish their sins.
    Amos 8:7
    The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob: "Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.
  5. Cross References
    Hosea 9:3
    They shall not remain in the land of the Lord, but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.
    Deuteronomy 28:68
    And the Lord will bring you back in ships to Egypt, a journey that I promised that you should never make again; and there you shall offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but there will be no buyer.
    Hosea 11:5
    They shall not return to the land of Egypt, but Assyria shall be their king, because they have refused to return to me.
  6. Cross References
    Hosea 6:4
    What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes early away.
  7. Cross References
    Hosea 6:4
    What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes early away.
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 17:7
    In that day man will look to his Maker, and his eyes will look on the Holy One of Israel.
  9. Cross References
    Amos 5:11
    Therefore because you trample on the poor and you exact taxes of grain from him, you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
  10. Cross References
    Amos 2:5
    So I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.
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