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Hosea 5:6

They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.

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ASV

They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them.

KJV

They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

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10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בְּצֹאנָ֣םbe.tzo.Namwith flock[s] theirH6629 →
וּבִבְקָרָ֗םu.viv.ka.Ramand with herd[s] theirH1241 →
יֵֽלְכ֛וּye.le.Khuthey will goH1980 →
לְבַקֵּ֥שׁle.va.Keshto seekH1245 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
יִמְצָ֑אוּyim.Tza.'uthey will find [him]H4672 →
חָלַ֖ץcha.Latzhe has withdrawnH2502 →
מֵהֶֽם׃me.Hemfrom them

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Proverbs 1:28Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.John 7:34You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”Micah 6:6–7With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?Jeremiah 11:14As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of disaster.Malachi 1:10“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.Hosea 3:5Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.Lamentations 3:44You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.Jeremiah 7:4Do not trust in deceptive words, chanting: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’Isaiah 1:11–15“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.Ezekiel 8:6“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”Hosea 8:13Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.Isaiah 29:1Woe to you, O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped! Year upon year let your festivals recur.Jeremiah 11:11Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.Exodus 10:9“We will go with our young and old,” Moses replied. “We will go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.”Luke 5:16Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray.Amos 5:21–23“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.Song of Solomon 5:6I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him, but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.

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