1 Israel is a luxuriant vine
that yields its fruit.
cThe more his fruit increased,
the more daltars he built;
as his country improved,
he improved his pillars.
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Hosea 8:11
Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning,
they have become to him altars for sinning.
Hosea 10:8
The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel,
shall be destroyed.
Thorn and thistle shall grow up
on their altars,
and they shall say to the mountains, “Cover us,”
and to the hills, “Fall on us.”
Hosea 12:11
If there is iniquity in Gilead,
they shall surely come to nothing:
in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls;
their altars also are like stone heaps
on the furrows of the field.
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