Hosea 8:10-12
EasyEnglish Bible
10 Yes, they have paid money to get friends who will help them.
But I will soon bring them together to punish them.
A great king will be cruel to them and they will receive much pain.[a]
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![b]
12 I carefully explained my laws to my people.
But they do not accept my laws as their own.
Footnotes
- 8:10 The great king is the King of Assyria.
- 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.
Hosea 8:10-12
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