Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, They became for him altars for sinning.
Thy calf, O Samaria, has cast thee off; my anger is kindled against thee: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency? For from Israel was it also: that the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces ( Hsa Hosea 8:5-6 ).