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Hosea 5:6

World English Bible

They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Yahweh;
but they won’t find him.
He has withdrawn himself from them.

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Hosea 5:6 in other translations

They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them.

Hosea 5:6 · American Standard Version

Hosea 5:6 in context

  1. 4Their deeds won’t allow them to turn to their God;
    for the spirit of prostitution is within them,
    and they don’t know Yahweh.
  2. 5The pride of Israel testifies to his face.
    Therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity.
    Judah also will stumble with them.
  3. 6They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Yahweh;
    but they won’t find him.
    He has withdrawn himself from them.
  4. 7They are unfaithful to Yahweh;
    for they have borne illegitimate children.
    Now the new moon will devour them with their fields.
  5. 8“Blow the cornet in Gibeah,
    and the trumpet in Ramah!
    Sound a battle cry at Beth Aven, behind you, Benjamin!