8:11 Although Ephraim has built many altars for sin offerings,
these have become altars for sinning!
8:12 I spelled out my law for him in great detail,
but they regard it as something totally unknown 1 to them!
8:13 They offer up sacrificial gifts to me,
and eat the meat,
but the Lord does not accept their sacrifices. 2
Soon he will remember their wrongdoing,
he will punish their sins,
and they will return to Egypt.
1 tn Heb “foreign” or “alien”; NASB, NRSV “as a strange thing.”
1 tn Heb “does not accept them”; the referent (their sacrifices) has been specified in the translation for clarity.