Hosea 12:11
Hosea · Old Testament · Chapter 12
“Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.”Hosea 12:11
What Does Hosea 12:11 Mean?
Hosea 12:11 is found in the book of Hosea, chapter 12, verse 11 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Hosea 12:11 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Jeremiah 17:1“The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;”Hosea 4:15“Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.”Hosea 6:8“Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.”Hosea 8:11“Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.”Hosea 9:15“All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.”Hosea 10:1“Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.”Amos 4:4“Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:”Numbers 23:14“And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.”1 Kings 12:31“And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.”1 Kings 17:1“And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.”2 Kings 17:9“And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.”2 Chronicles 28:24“And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.”Isaiah 2:8“Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:”Jeremiah 2:20“For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.”Jeremiah 2:28“But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.”Jeremiah 10:8“But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.”Jeremiah 10:15“They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.”Jeremiah 11:13“For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.”Ezekiel 16:31“In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;”Hosea 8:13“They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.”
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