Hosea 5:6

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“With their flocks and herds They shall go to seek the Lord, But they will not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.

Cross References

Exodus 10:9

And Moses said, “We will go with our young and our old; with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks and our herds we will go, for we must hold a feast to the Lord.”

Proverbs 1:28

“Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they 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; How much more when he brings it with wicked intent!

Song of Solomon 5:6

I opened for my beloved, But my beloved had turned away and was gone. My heart leaped up when he spoke. I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

Isaiah 66:3

“He who kills a bull is as if he slays a man; He who sacrifices a lamb, as if he breaks a dog’s neck; He who offers a grain offering, as if he offers swine’s blood; He who burns incense, as if he blesses an idol. Just as they have chosen their own ways, And their soul delights in their abominations,

Jeremiah 11:11

Therefore thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will surely bring calamity on them which they will not be able to escape; and though they cry out to Me, I will not listen to them.

Jeremiah 11:14

“So do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry out to Me because of their trouble.

Jeremiah 14:12

When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.”

Jeremiah 7:4

Do not trust in these lying words, saying, ‘The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord are these.’

Lamentations 3:44

You have covered Yourself with a cloud, That prayer should not pass through.

Ezekiel 8:18

Therefore I also will act in fury. My eye will not spare nor will I have pity; and though they cry in My ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.”

Ezekiel 8:6

Furthermore He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations that the house of Israel commits here, to make Me go far away from My sanctuary? Now turn again, you will see greater abominations.”

Hosea 8:13

For the sacrifices of My offerings they sacrifice flesh and eat it, But the Lord does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins. They shall return to Egypt.

Amos 8:12

They shall wander from sea to sea, And from north to east; They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord, But shall not find it.

Micah 3:4

Then they will cry to the Lord, But He will not hear them; He will even hide His face from them at that time, Because they have been evil in their deeds.

Malachi 1:10

“Who is there even among you who would shut the doors, So that you would not kindle fire on My altar in vain? I have no pleasure in you,” Says the Lord of hosts, “Nor will I accept an offering from your hands.

Luke 5:16

So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed.

John 7:34

You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come.”