Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When they go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, they will not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them. New Living Translation When they come with their flocks and herds to offer sacrifices to the LORD, they will not find him, because he has withdrawn from them. English Standard Version With their flocks and herds they shall go to seek the LORD, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them. Berean Standard Bible They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them. King James Bible They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them. New King James Version “With their flocks and herds They shall go to seek the LORD, But they will not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them. New American Standard Bible They will go with their flocks and herds To seek the LORD, but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn from them. NASB 1995 They will go with their flocks and herds To seek the LORD, but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn from them. NASB 1977 They will go with their flocks and herds To seek the LORD, but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn from them. Legacy Standard Bible They will go with their flocks and herds To seek Yahweh, but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn from them. Amplified Bible They will go with their flocks and with their herds To seek the LORD [diligently searching for Him], but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn from them [refusing to hear the prayers of the unrepentant]. Christian Standard Bible They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD but do not find him; he has withdrawn from them. Holman Christian Standard Bible They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD but do not find Him; He has withdrawn from them. American Standard Version They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them. Contemporary English Version You offer sheep and cattle as sacrifices to me, but I have turned away and refuse to be found. English Revised Version They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them. GOD'S WORD® Translation They go with their sheep and their cattle to search for the LORD, but they can't find him. He has left them. Good News Translation They take their sheep and cattle to offer as sacrifices to the LORD, but it does them no good. They cannot find him, for he has left them. International Standard Version They will go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them. Majority Standard Bible They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them. NET Bible Although they bring their flocks and herds to seek the favor of the LORD, They will not find him--he has withdrawn himself from them! New Heart English Bible They 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Yahweh, but they won’t find him. He has withdrawn himself from them. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionWith their flock and with their herd, "" They go to seek YHWH, and do not find, "" He has withdrawn from them. Young's Literal Translation With their flock and with their herd, They go to seek Jehovah, and do not find, He hath withdrawn from them. Smith's Literal Translation With their sheep and with their oxen they will go to seek Jehovah; and they shall not find; he withdrew himself from them. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleWith their flocks, and with their herds, they shall go to seek the Lord, and shall not find him: he is withdrawn from them. Catholic Public Domain Version With their flocks and their herds, they will go to seek the Lord, and they will not find him. He has taken himself away from them. New American Bible With their flocks and herds they will go to seek the LORD, but will not find him; he has withdrawn from them. New Revised Standard Version With their flocks and herds they shall go to seek the LORD, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThey shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him, because he has withdrawn himself from them. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated With their sheep and with their oxen they shall go to seek LORD JEHOVAH and they shall not find him, because he has separated himself from them OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917With their flocks and with their herds they shall go To seek the LORD, but they shall not find Him; He hath withdrawn Himself from them. Brenton Septuagint Translation They shall go with sheep and calves diligently to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him, for he has withdrawn himself from them. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God's Judgment on Israel and Judah…5Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them. 6They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them. 7They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.… Cross References Isaiah 1:15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood. Jeremiah 14:12 Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.” Amos 5:21-23 “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. / Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard. / Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. Micah 3:4 Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done. Proverbs 1:28 Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me. Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear. Jeremiah 11:11 Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them. Ezekiel 8:18 Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.” Zechariah 7:13 And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts. Matthew 7:21-23 Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven. / Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ / Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’ Luke 13:25-27 After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’ / Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’ / And he will answer, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.’ John 9:31 We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will. James 4:3 And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures. 1 Samuel 28:6 He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets. Isaiah 58:2-3 For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.” / “Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers. Treasury of Scripture They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them. go. Exodus 10:9,24-26 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 must hold a feast unto the LORD… Proverbs 15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. Proverbs 21:27 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind? they. 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: 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… 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. he. 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. Luke 5:16 And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. Jump to Previous Find Flock Flocks Herd Herds Search Seek View Withdrawn Won'tJump to Next Find Flock Flocks Herd Herds Search Seek View Withdrawn Won'tHosea 5 1. The judgments of God are denounced against the priests, people, and princes, 9. both of Israel and Judah, for their manifold sins. 15. An intimation is given of mercy on their repentance. They will go with their flocks and herds This phrase indicates the Israelites' attempt to seek the Lord through sacrificial offerings. In the ancient Near Eastern context, flocks and herds were not only a measure of wealth but also integral to religious practices. The Hebrew word for "flocks" (צֹאן, tson) and "herds" (בָּקָר, baqar) emphasize the material and ritualistic aspects of their worship. Historically, sacrifices were central to Israelite worship, yet here, they are depicted as insufficient. This suggests a disconnect between external religious observance and internal spiritual reality. to seek the LORD but they will not find Him He has withdrawn Himself from them Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew They goיֵֽלְכ֛וּ (yê·lə·ḵū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk with their flocks בְּצֹאנָ֣ם (bə·ṣō·nām) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock and herds וּבִבְקָרָ֗ם (ū·ḇiḇ·qā·rām) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 1241: Beef cattle, ox, a herd to seek לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (lə·ḇaq·qêš) Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's 1245: To search out, to strive after the LORD, יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel but they do not וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no find Him; יִמְצָ֑אוּ (yim·ṣā·’ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present He has withdrawn Himself חָלַ֖ץ (ḥā·laṣ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2502: To pull off, to strip, to depart, to deliver, equip, present, strengthen from them. מֵהֶֽם׃ (mê·hem) Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They Links Hosea 5:6 NIVHosea 5:6 NLT Hosea 5:6 ESV Hosea 5:6 NASB Hosea 5:6 KJV Hosea 5:6 BibleApps.com Hosea 5:6 Biblia Paralela Hosea 5:6 Chinese Bible Hosea 5:6 French Bible Hosea 5:6 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Hosea 5:6 They will go with their flocks (Ho Hs Hos.) |
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