11  Because Ephraim has multiplied ⁱaltars for sinning,

they have become to him altars for sinning.

12  Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands,

they would be regarded as a strange thing.

13  As for my sacrificial offerings,

they sacrifice meat and eat it,

but ^jthe Lord does not accept them.

Now he will ^kremember their iniquity

and punish their sins;

^lthey shall return to Egypt.