11. For Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning; yes, to him altars are intended for sinning.
12. I wrote for him the ten thousand things of My law, but they are counted as a strange thing [as something which does not concern him].
13. My sacrificial gifts they sacrifice [as a mere form]; yes, they sacrifice flesh and eat it, but the Lord does not accept them. Now He will [earnestly] remember their guilt and iniquity and will punish their sins. They shall return to [another] Egypt [Assyria]. [Deut. 28:68.]