Hosea 5:6

New American Bible - revised edition

With their flocks and herds they will go to seek the Lord, but will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.

Cross References

Exodus 10:9

Moses answered, “With our young and old we must go; with our sons and daughters, with our flocks and herds we must go. It is a pilgrimage feast of the Lord for us.”

Proverbs 1:28

Then they will call me, but I will not answer; they will seek me, but will not find me,

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 an abomination, the more so when they offer it with bad intent.

Song of Solomon 5:6

I opened for my lover— but my lover had turned and gone! At his leaving, my soul sank. I sought him, but I did not find him; I called out after him, but he did not answer me.

Isaiah 66:3

The one slaughtering an ox, striking a man, sacrificing a lamb, breaking a dog’s neck, Making an offering of pig’s blood, burning incense, honoring an idol— These have chosen their own ways, and taken pleasure in their own abominations.

Jeremiah 11:11

Therefore, thus says the Lord: See, I am bringing upon them a disaster they cannot escape. Though they cry out to me, I will not listen to them.

Jeremiah 11:14

Now, you must not intercede for this people; do not raise on their behalf a cry or prayer! I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their disaster.

Jeremiah 14:12

If they fast, I will not listen to their supplication. If they sacrifice burnt offerings or grain offerings, I will take no pleasure in them. Rather, I will destroy them with the sword, famine, and plague.

Jeremiah 7:4

Do not put your trust in these deceptive words: “The temple of the Lord! The temple of the Lord! The temple of the Lord!”

Lamentations 3:44

You wrapped yourself in a cloud, which no prayer could pierce.

Ezekiel 8:18

Therefore I in turn will act furiously: my eye will not spare, nor will I take pity. Even if they cry out in a loud voice for me to hear, I shall not listen to them.

Ezekiel 8:6

He asked, Son of man, do you see what they are doing? Do you see the great abominations that the house of Israel is practicing here, so that I must depart from my sanctuary? You shall see even greater abominations!

Hosea 8:13

They love sacrifice, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but the Lord is not pleased with them. Now he will remember their guilt and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.

Amos 8:12

They shall stagger from sea to sea and wander from north to east In search of the word of the Lord, but they shall not find it.

Micah 3:4

When they cry to the Lord, he will not answer them; He will hide his face from them at that time, because of the evil they have done.

Malachi 1:10

Oh, that one of you would just shut the temple gates to keep you from kindling fire on my altar in vain! I take no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts; and I will not accept any offering from your hands!

Luke 5:16

but he would withdraw to deserted places to pray. The Healing of a Paralytic.

John 7:34

You will look for me but not find [me], and where I am you cannot come.”