Hosea 5:6

WEB

⁶They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD, but they won’t find him. He has withdrawn himself from them.

KJV

⁶They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

BSB

⁶They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.

FBV

⁶They will go to seek the Lord with their herds and flocks,^[+] but they will not find him, for he has given up on them.

Extra References

Proverbs 1:28

²⁸Then they will call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me,

John 7:34

³⁴You will seek me and won’t find me. You can’t come where I am.”

⁶How shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? ⁷Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams? With tens of thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience? The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

Proverbs 15:8

⁸The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Ezekiel 8:6

⁶He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they do? Even the great abominations that the house of Israel commit here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? But you will again see yet other great abominations.”

Isaiah 1:11-15

¹¹“What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?”, says the LORD. “I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed animals. I don’t delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats. ¹²When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts? ¹³Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me. New moons, Sabbaths, and convocations— I can’t stand evil assemblies. ¹⁴My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They are a burden to me. I am weary of bearing them. ¹⁵When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

Jeremiah 7:4

⁴Don’t trust in lying words, saying, ‘The LORD’s temple, the LORD’s temple, the LORD’s temple, are these.’

Lamentations 3:44

⁴⁴You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.

Exodus 10:24-26

²⁴Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, “Go, serve the LORD. Only let your flocks and your herds stay behind. Let your little ones also go with you.”

²⁵Moses said, “You must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God. ²⁶Our livestock also shall go with us. Not a hoof shall be left behind, for of it we must take to serve the LORD our God; and we don’t know with what we must serve the LORD, until we come there.”

Amos 5:21-23

²¹I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies. ²²Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals. ²³Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.