Hosea 5:6 Cross References

Hosea 5:6

6: Then at last, they will come with their flocks and herds to offer sacrifices to the LORD. But it will be too late! They will not find him, because he has withdrawn from them, and they are now alone.

Proverbs 1:28

  1. "I will not answer when they cry for help. Even though they anxiously search for me, they will not find me.

Micah 6:6

  1. What can we bring to the LORD to make up for what we've done? Should we bow before God with offerings of yearling calves?
  2. Should we offer him thousands of rams and tens of thousands of rivers of olive oil? Would that please the LORD? Should we sacrifice our firstborn children to pay for the sins of our souls? Would that make him glad?

John 7:34

  1. You will search for me but not find me. And you won't be able to come where I am."

Jeremiah 7:4

  1. But do not be fooled by those who repeatedly promise your safety because the Temple of the LORD is here.

Isaiah 1:11

  1. "I am sick of your sacrifices," says the LORD. "Don't bring me any more burnt offerings! I don't want the fat from your rams or other animals. I don't want to see the blood from your offerings of bulls and rams and goats.
  2. Why do you keep parading through my courts with your worthless sacrifices?
  3. The incense you bring me is a stench in my nostrils! Your celebrations of the new moon and the Sabbath day, and your special days for fasting--even your most pious meetings--are all sinful and false. I want nothing more to do with them.
  4. I hate all your festivals and sacrifices. I cannot stand the sight of them!
  5. From now on, when you lift up your hands in prayer, I will refuse to look. Even though you offer many prayers, I will not listen. For your hands are covered with the blood of your innocent victims.

Proverbs 15:8

  1. The LORD hates the sacrifice of the wicked, but he delights in the prayers of the upright.

Ezekiel 8:6

  1. "Son of man," he said, "do you see what they are doing? Do you see the great sins the people of Israel are doing to drive me from my Temple? But come, and you will see even greater sins than these!"

Lamentations 3:44

  1. You have hidden yourself in a cloud so our prayers cannot reach you.

Exodus 10:9

  1. "Young and old, all of us will go," Moses replied. "We will take our sons and daughters and our flocks and herds. We must all join together in a festival to the LORD."

Jeremiah 11:11

  1. Therefore, says the LORD, I am going to bring calamity upon them, and they will not escape. Though they beg for mercy, I will not listen to their cries.

The Song of Songs 5:6

  1. I opened to my lover, but he was gone. I yearned for even his voice! I searched for him, but I couldn't find him anywhere. I called to him, but there was no reply.

Exodus 10:24

  1. Then Pharaoh called for Moses. "Go and worship the LORD," he said. "But let your flocks and herds stay here. You can even take your children with you."
  2. "No," Moses said, "we must take our flocks and herds for sacrifices and burnt offerings to the LORD our God.
  3. All our property must go with us; not a hoof can be left behind. We will have to choose our sacrifices for the LORD our God from among these animals. And we won't know which sacrifices he will require until we get there."

Amos 5:21

  1. "I hate all your show and pretense--the hypocrisy of your religious festivals and solemn assemblies.
  2. I will not accept your burnt offerings and grain offerings. I won't even notice all your choice peace offerings.
  3. Away with your hymns of praise! They are only noise to my ears. I will not listen to your music, no matter how lovely it is.

Proverbs 21:27

  1. God loathes the sacrifice of an evil person, especially when it is brought with ulterior motives.

Ezekiel 8:18

  1. Therefore, I will deal with them in fury. I will neither pity nor spare them. And though they scream for mercy, I will not listen."

Luke 5:16

  1. But Jesus often withdrew to the wilderness for prayer.

Isaiah 66:3

  1. But those who choose their own ways, delighting in their sins, are cursed. Their offerings will not be accepted. When such people sacrifice an ox, it is no more acceptable than a human sacrifice. When they sacrifice a lamb or bring an offering of grain, it is as bad as putting a dog or the blood of a pig on the altar! When they burn incense, it is as if they had blessed an idol.

Micah 3:4

  1. Then you beg the LORD for help in times of trouble! Do you really expect him to listen? After all the evil you have done, he won't even look at you!
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