Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
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Gill's Exposition
Because Ephraim hath, made many altars to sin,.... Not with an intention to commit sin, but to offer sacrifice for sin, and make atonement for it, as they thought; but these altars being erected for…
Barnes' Notes
Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall indeed be unto him to sin - that is, they shall be proved to him to be so, by the punishment which they shall draw upon him. The prophet had…
Adam Clarke
Many altars to sin - Though it does not appear that the Jews in Babylon were obliged to worship the idols of the country, except in the case mentioned by Daniel, yet it was far otherwise with the…
It was the honour and happiness of Israel that they had but one God to trust to and he all-sufficient in every strait, and but one God to serve, and he well worthy of all their devotions. But it was…
Cambridge Bible
Because Rather, For. It is a justification of the foregoing threat.
hath made many altars to sin In times of national trouble, sacrifices were multiplied, to propitiate the national God (comp. Isa…
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