Hosea 8:11 meaning and explanation
Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.
Hosea 8:11, Berean Standard Bible
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Hosea is speaking God's indictment against the northern kingdom, called Ephraim here, in the eighth century before the Assyrian exile. The law had provided one central altar for sacrifice, but Ephraim multiplied altars across the land, likely blending worship of the LORD with Canaanite practice and royal shrines at Dan and Bethel.
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