And Mosheh said, “We are going with our young and our old, with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks and our herds we are going, for we have a festival to יהוה.”
Hosea 5:6 - The Scriptures 2009 “With their flocks and herds they go to seek יהוה, but do not find Him – He has withdrawn from them. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord [inquiring for and requiring Him], but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them. American Standard Version (1901) They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them. Common English Bible With their sheep and their cattle they will go to seek the LORD, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version With their flocks, and with their herds, they shall go to seek the Lord, and shall not find him: he is withdrawn from them. |
And Mosheh said, “We are going with our young and our old, with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks and our herds we are going, for we have a festival to יהוה.”
“Let them then call on me, but I answer not; Let them seek me, but not find me.
The slaughtering of the wrong ones Is an abomination to יהוה, But the prayer of the straight is His delight.
The slaughtering of the wrong is an abomination; How much more when he brings it with wickedness!
I opened for my beloved, But my beloved had turned away, had gone. My being went out when he spoke. I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
"But whoever slays the bull strikes a man; whoever slaughters the lamb breaks a dog’s neck; whoever brings a grain offering – pig’s blood; whoever burns incense blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways, and their being delights in their abominations.
Therefore thus said יהוה, “See, I am bringing evil on them which they are unable to escape. Then they shall cry out to Me, but I shall not listen to them.
“And you, do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them, for I do not hear them in the time that they cry out to Me because of their evil.
“When they fast, I do not hear their cry. And when they offer ascending offering and grain offering, I do not accept them. Instead, I am consuming them by sword, and by scarcity of food, and by pestilence.”
“Do not trust in these false words, saying, ‘This is the Hĕḵal of יהוה, the Hĕḵal of יהוה, the Hĕḵal of יהוה!’
You have wrapped Yourself With a cloud, so that prayer does not pass through.
“Therefore I shall indeed deal in wrath. My eye shall not pardon nor would I spare. And they shall cry in My ears with a loud voice, but I shall not hear them.”
And He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations which the house of Yisra’ĕl are doing here, driving Me away from My set-apart place? And you are to see still greater abominations.”
“As for My slaughterings: they slaughter flesh and they eat. יהוה shall not accept them. Now does He remember their crookedness and punish their sins. Let them return to Mitsrayim!
“And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from north to east – they shall diligently search, seeking the Word of יהוה, but they shall not find it.
Therefore, when they cry to יהוה He does not answer them, and hides His face from them at that time, as they have made their deeds evil.
“Who among you who would shut the doors, so that you would not kindle fire on My slaughter-place for naught? I have no pleasure in you,” said יהוה of hosts, “Nor do I accept an offering from your hands.
You shall seek Me and you shall not find Me, and where I am you are unable to come.”