Hosea 8:13

13 As for My 1sacrificial gifts, They 2sacrifice the flesh and eat it, But the LORD has taken no delight in them. Now He will 3remember their iniquity, And 4punish them for their sins; They will return to 5Egypt.

Hosea 8:13 In-Context

11 Since Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin, They have become altars of sinning for him.
12 Though I wrote for him ten thousand precepts of My law, They are regarded as a strange thing.
13 As for My sacrificial gifts, They sacrifice the flesh and eat it, But the LORD has taken no delight in them. Now He will remember their iniquity, And punish them for their sins; They will return to Egypt.
14 For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; And Judah has multiplied fortified cities, But I will send a fire on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings.

Cross References 5

  • 1. Hosea 5:6
  • 2. Jeremiah 6:20; Jeremiah 7:21
  • 3. Jeremiah 14:10; Hosea 7:2; Luke 12:2; 1 Corinthians 4:5
  • 4. Hosea 4:9; Hosea 9:7
  • 5. Hosea 9:3, 6
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