Hosea 5:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.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

And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters; with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we have a feast of Jehovah.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more when they bring it with a wicked purpose!

Confide ye not in words of falsehood, saying, Jehovah's temple, Jehovah's temple, Jehovah's temple is this.

Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old?

They

then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, and shall not find me.

To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith Jehovah. I am sated with burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and in the blood of bullocks, and of lambs, and of he-goats I take no pleasure.

He that slaughtereth an ox, smiteth a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, breaketh a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, it is as swine's blood; he that presenteth a memorial of incense, is as he that blesseth an idol. As they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations,

Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will bring evil upon them, from which they shall not be able to escape; and they will cry unto me, and I will not hearken unto them.

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

And I also will deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.

I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will not smell a sweet odour in your solemn assemblies.

Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; and he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.

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

He

I opened to my beloved; But my beloved had withdrawn himself; he was gone: My soul went forth when he spoke. I sought him, but I found him not; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

And he withdrew himself, and was about in the desert places and praying.

General references

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