“Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.”
The condemnation that Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning indicates that the proliferation of places of worship has become occasions for covenant violation rather than covenant renewal. The multiplication of altars suggests growing investment in idolatry, that the expansion of religious infrastructure has deepened rather than remedied Israel's apostasy. This verse indicates that institutional growth can mask spiritual corruption, that the quantity of religious observance can obscure its quality.
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