Hosea 8:13

They sacrifice basar for the sacrifices of Mine offerings, and eat it; 1 but Hashem accepteth them not; 1 now will He remember their avon (iniquity), and visit punishment on their sins; 1 they shall return to Mitzrayim. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.

In Context

12I have written to him the many things of My torah, 1 but they were regarded as a zar (strange thing). 1

14For Yisroel hath forgotten his Maker, 1 and buildeth heikhalot; 1 and Yehudah hath multiplied fortified towns; 1 but I will send eish upon his towns, 1 and it shall devour the citadels thereof.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:34Therefore now go, lead HaAm unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee; hinei, Malachi shall go before thee; nevertheless in the yom when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.

1 Samuel 15:22And Shmuel said, 1 Hath Hashem as great chefetz (delight) in olot and zevakhim, 1 as in obeying the voice of Hashem? 1 Hinei, to obey is better than zevach (sacrifice), 1 and to pay heed than the chelev eilim (fat of rams). 1

Isaiah 1:11To what purpose is the multitude 1 of your zevakhim unto Me? saith Hashem; 1 I am fed up of the olot (burnt offerings) of rams, 1 and the fat of fed beasts; 1 and I delight not in the dahm of bulls, 1 or of lambs, or of goats. 1

Jeremiah 14:10Thus saith Hashem unto this people: 1 Thus have they loved to wander, 1 they have not restrained their raglayim, 1 therefore Hashem doth not accept them; 1 He will now remember their avon (iniquity), 1 and visit their sins.

Hosea 5:6They shall go with their flocks 1 and with their herds to seek Hashem; 1 but they shall not find Him; 1 He hath withdrawn Himself from them. 1

Hosea 7:2And they consider not in their levavot 1 that I remember all their ra'ah; 1 now their own evil doings surround them; 1 they are before My face. 1

Matthew Henry on Hosea 8:9-14

The Sins of Israel; The Crimes of the People. ( b. c. 745.) 8 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure. 9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. 10 Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes. 11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. 12 I have written to him the great things… Read the whole commentary →

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