Hosea 5:6

Hosea 5:6 in other translations

What does Hosea 5:6 mean?

Hosea 5:6 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for Hosea 5:6

• Proverbs 1:28

  Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

• John 7:34

  Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.

• Micah 6:6-7

  Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

• Lamentations 3:44

  Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.

• Proverbs 15:8

  The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

• Jeremiah 7:4

  Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, are these.

• Ezekiel 8:6

  He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.

• Isaiah 1:11-15

  To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. …

• Isaiah 66:3

  He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.

• Luke 5:16

  And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.

• Song of Solomon 5:6

  I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

• Amos 5:21-23

  I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

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Context

• Hosea 5:5

  And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.

• Hosea 5:6

  They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

• Hosea 5:7

  They have dealt treacherously against the Lord: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

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