11. Because Ephraim has multiplied altars 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 the Lord does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquityand punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
14. For Israel has forgotten his Makerand built palaces,and Judah has multiplied fortified cities;so I will send a fire upon his cities,and it shall devour her strongholds.