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Hosea 8:11

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Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
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  1. Hosea 12:11Rank 1 from verse 11
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    11Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.

  2. Deuteronomy 4:28Rank 2 from verse 11
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    28And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

  3. Hosea 10:1–2Rank 3 from verse 11
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    1ISRAEL is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.

    2Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.

  4. Hosea 10:8Rank 4 from verse 11
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    8The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.

  5. Isaiah 10:10–11Rank 5 from verse 11
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    10As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

    11Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?

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Hosea 8:11

COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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sin

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1. Wrongdoing against God and his law; transgression or unrighteousness. 2. The guilt or burden of such wrongdoing, or the inward principle so named. 3. As a verb, to commit such wrongdoing.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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10Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.

11Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

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12I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.

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