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For Ephraim has constructed many altars for sin;
They are altars intended for sinning [which multiply his guilt].
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I wrote for him the ten thousand precepts of My law,
But they are regarded as a strange thing [which does not concern him].
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As for My sacrificial offerings,
They sacrifice the meat [as a mere formality] and eat it,
But the Lord is not pleased with them and does not accept them.
Now He will remember and take into account their wickedness and guilt,
And punish them for their sins.
They will return [in captivity] to [another] Egypt [that is, Assyria].^(A)