Hosea 5:6 - The Scriptures 1998

⁶ “With their flocks and herds they go to seek יהוה, but do not find Him – He has withdrawn from them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ 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flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord [inquiring for and requiring Him], but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.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)

⁶ They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them.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

⁶ With their sheep and their cattle they will go to seek the LORD, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.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

⁶ 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.

Hosea 5:6 Cross References

Exodus 10:9

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.”

Proverbs 1:28

“Let them then call on me, but I answer not; Let them seek me, but not find me.

Proverbs 15:8

The slaughtering of the wrong ones Is an abomination to יהוה, But the prayer of the straight is His delight.

Proverbs 21:27

The slaughtering of the wrong is an abomination; How much more when he brings it with wickedness!

Song of Solomon 5:6

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.

Isaiah 66:3

“But whoever slaughters the bull slays 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.

Jeremiah 11:11

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.

Jeremiah 11:14

“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.

Jeremiah 14:12

“When they fast, I do not hear their cry. And when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I do not accept them. Instead, I am consuming them by sword, and by scarcity of food, and by pestilence.”

Jeremiah 7:4

“Do not trust in these false words, saying, ‘This is the Hĕ

Lamentations 3:44

You have wrapped Yourself With a cloud, so that prayer does not pass through.

Ezekiel 8:18

“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.”

Ezekiel 8:6

And He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations which the house of Yisra’ĕ

Hosea 8:13

“As for My offerings: 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!

Amos 8:12

“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.

Micah 3:4

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.

Malachi 1:10

“Who among you who would shut the doors, so that you would not kindle fire on My altar for naught? I have no pleasure in you,” said יהוה  of hosts, “Nor do I accept an offering from your hands.

Luke 5:16

But He was often withdrawing Himself to lonely places and praying.

John 7:34

“You shall seek Me and you shall not find Me, and where I am you are unable to come.”