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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.
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