Osee 8:11
Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin: altars are become to him unto sin.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Quia multiplicavit Ephraim altaria ad peccandum ; factæ sunt ei aræ in delictum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ὅτι ἐπλήθυνεν Ἐφράιμ θυσιαστήρια, εἰς ἁμαρτίας ἐγένοντο αὐτῷ θυσιαστήρια ἠγαπημένα.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- כִּֽי הִרְבָּ֥ה אֶפְרַ֛יִם מִזְבְּחֹ֖ת לַחֲטֹ֑א הָיוּ ל֥וֹ מִזְבְּח֖וֹת לַחֲטֹֽא
The Fathers on this verse
St Gregory Nazianzen Against The Arians, and Concerning Himself
III. What tumultuous mob have I led against you? What soldiers have I armed? What general boiling with rage, and more savage than his employers, and not even a Christian, but one who offers his impiety against us as his private worship to his own gods? Whom have I besieged while engaged in prayer and lifting up their hands to God? When have I put a stop to psalmody with trumpets? or mingled the Sacramental Blood with blood of massacre? What spiritual sighs have I put an end to by cries of death, or tears of penitence by tears of tragedy? What House of prayer have I made a burialplace? What liturgical vessels which the multitude may not touch have I given over to the hands of the wicked, of a Nebuzaradan, chief of the cooks, or of a Belshazzar, who wickedly used the sacred vessels for his revels, and then paid a worthy penalty for his madness? “Altars beloved” as Holy Scripture saith, but …