Hosea 5:6

Hosea Warns Against Idolatry

⁵ And humbled hath been the excellency of Israel to his face, And Israel and Ephraim stumble by their iniquity, Stumbled also hath Judah with them. ⁶ With their flock and with their herd, They go to seek Jehovah, and do not find, He hath withdrawn from them. ⁷ Against Jehovah they dealt treacherously, For strange sons they have begotten, Now consume them doth a month with their portions.

Flocks and Herds

Offer Sacrifice

Offer Sacrifices

Seek the Lord

To the Lord

Seek The Favor

Jehovah

Proverbs 1:28

Then they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and find me not.

Micah 6:6-7

With what do I come before Jehovah? Do I bow to God Most High? Do I come before Him with burnt-offerings? With calves -- sons of a year?

Exodus 10:9

And Moses saith, 'With our young ones, and with our aged ones, we go, with our sons, and with our daughters, with our flock, and our herd, we go, for we have a festival to Jehovah.'

Exodus 10:24-26

And Pharaoh calleth unto Moses and saith, 'Go ye, serve Jehovah, only your flock and your herd are stayed, your infants also go with you;'

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah, And the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination, Much more when in wickedness he bringeth it.

Song of Songs 5:6

I opened to my beloved, But my beloved withdrew -- he passed on, My soul went forth when he spake, I sought him, and found him not. I called him, and he answered me not.

Isaiah 1:11-15

Why to Me the abundance of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah, I have been satiated with burnt-offerings of rams, And fat of fatlings; And blood of bullocks, and lambs, And he-goats I have not desired.

Isaiah 66:3

Whoso slaughtereth the ox smiteth a man, Whoso sacrificeth the lamb beheadeth a dog, Whoso is bringing up a present -- The blood of a sow, Whoso is making mention of frankincense, Is blessing iniquity. Yea, they have fixed on their own ways, And in their abominations their soul hath delighted.

Jeremiah 7:4

Do not trust for yourselves Unto the words of falsehood, saying, The temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, The temple of Jehovah are they!

Jeremiah 11:11

Therefore thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am bringing in unto them evil, That they are not able to go out from, And they have cried unto Me, And I do not hearken unto them.

Lamentations 3:44

Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, So that prayer doth not pass through.

Ezekiel 8:6

And He saith unto me, 'Son of man, art thou seeing what they are doing? the great abominations that the house of Israel are doing here, to keep far off from My sanctuary; and again thou dost turn, thou dost see great abominations.'

Ezekiel 8:18

And I also deal in fury, Mine eye doth not pity, nor do I spare, and they have cried in Mine ears -- a loud voice -- and I do not hear them.'

Amos 5:21-23

I have hated -- I have loathed your festivals, And I am not refreshed by your restraints.

Micah 3:4

Then do they cry unto Jehovah, And He doth not answer them, And hideth His face from them at that time, As they have made evil their doings.

Luke 5:16

and he was withdrawing himself in the desert places and was praying.

John 7:34

ye will seek me, and ye shall not find; and where I am, ye are not able to come.'