11. Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, altars have been unto him to sin.
12. Though I write for him my law in ten thousand precepts, they are counted as a strange thing.
13. As for the sacrifices of mine offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but the Lord accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
14. For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and builded palaces; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the castles thereof.