11. Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin, the altars shall be a sin unto him.
12. I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as strange things.
13. In the sacrifices of my gifts they sacrificed flesh and ate; but the Lord does not accept them; now he will remember their iniquity and visit their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
14. For Israel has forgotten his Maker and has built temples; and Judah has multiplied fenced cities; but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.