Hosea 4:8

4:8 They feed on the sin offerings of my people;

their appetites long for their iniquity!

Hosea 8:11

Sacrifices Ineffective without Moral Obedience

8:11 Although Ephraim has built many altars for sin offerings,

these have become altars for sinning!

Hosea 14:1

Prophetic Call to Genuine Repentance

14:1 Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,

for your sin has been your downfall! ¹ 

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¹ tn Heb “For you have stumbled in your iniquity”; NASB, NRSV “because of your iniquity.”