Hosea 5:6

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Hosea 5:6

They go with their flocks and herds
to seek the Lord
but do not find Him;
He has withdrawn from them.

Proverbs 1:28

Then they will call me, but I won’t answer;
they will search for me, but won’t find me.

Micah 6:6-7

What should I bring before the Lord
when I come to bow before God on high?
Should I come before Him with burnt offerings,
with year-old calves?

Exodus 10:9

Moses replied, “We will go with our young and our old; we will go with our sons and daughters and with our flocks and herds because we must hold Yahweh’s festival.”

Exodus 10:24-26

Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship Yahweh. Even your families may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.”

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the Lord,
but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifice of a wicked person is detestable—
how much more so
when he brings it with ulterior motives!

Song of Songs 5:6

I opened to my love,
but my love had turned and gone away.
I was crushed that he had left.
I sought him, but did not find him.
I called him, but he did not answer.

Isaiah 1:11-15

“What are all your sacrifices to Me?”
asks the Lord.
“I have had enough of burnt offerings and rams
and the fat of well-fed cattle;
I have no desire for the blood of bulls,
lambs, or male goats.

One slaughters an ox, one kills a man;
one sacrifices a lamb, one breaks a dog’s neck;
one offers a grain offering, one offers pig’s blood;
one offers incense, one praises an idol—
all these have chosen their ways
and delight in their detestable practices.

Jeremiah 7:4

Do not trust deceitful words, chanting: This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.

Jeremiah 11:11

“Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I am about to bring on them disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not hear them.

Lamentations 3:44

You have covered Yourself with a cloud
so that no prayer can pass through.

Ezekiel 8:6

He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing here, more detestable things that the house of Israel is committing, so that I must depart from My sanctuary? You will see even more detestable things.”

Ezekiel 8:18

Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not show pity or spare them. Though they cry out in My ears with a loud voice, I will not listen to them.”

Amos 5:21-23

I hate, I despise your feasts!
I can’t stand the stench
of your solemn assemblies.

Micah 3:4

Then they will cry out to the Lord,
but He will not answer them.
He will hide His face from them at that time
because of the crimes they have committed.

Luke 5:16

Yet He often withdrew to deserted places and prayed.

John 7:34

You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Go

Micah 6:6

They

He

Song of Songs 5:6

Luke 5:16

General references

John 7:34

Bible References

Go

Moses replied, “We will go with our young and our old; we will go with our sons and daughters and with our flocks and herds because we must hold Yahweh’s festival.”

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the Lord,
but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

The sacrifice of a wicked person is detestable—
how much more so
when he brings it with ulterior motives!

Do not trust deceitful words, chanting: This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.

What should I bring before the Lord

when I come to bow before God on high?
Should I come before Him with burnt offerings,
with year-old calves?

They

Then they will call me, but I won’t answer;
they will search for me, but won’t find me.

“Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I am about to bring on them disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not hear them.

You have covered Yourself with a cloud
so that no prayer can pass through.

Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not show pity or spare them. Though they cry out in My ears with a loud voice, I will not listen to them.”

I hate, I despise your feasts!
I can’t stand the stench
of your solemn assemblies.

Then they will cry out to the Lord,
but He will not answer them.
He will hide His face from them at that time
because of the crimes they have committed.

You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”

He

I opened to my love,
but my love had turned and gone away.
I was crushed that he had left.
I sought him, but did not find him.
I called him, but he did not answer.

Yet He often withdrew to deserted places and prayed.

General references

You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”