CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Hosea 8:13 Though 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.</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/hosea/8-13.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/new9.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><meta property="og:image" content="https://biblehub.com/visuals/16/28_Hos_08_13.jpg" /><meta property="og:title" content="Hosea 8:13 - Israel will Reap the Whirlwind" /><meta property="og:site_name" content="Bible Hub" /><meta property="og:description" content="Though 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." /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/vmenus/hosea/8-13.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc/hosea/8-13.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/hosea/">Hosea</a> > <a href="/hosea/8.htm">Chapter 8</a> > Verse 13</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad13.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/hosea/8-12.htm" title="Hosea 8:12">◄</a> Hosea 8:13 <a href="/hosea/8-14.htm" title="Hosea 8:14">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse"> <a href="#audio" class="clickchap2" title="Context and Audio Bible"> Audio </a> <a href="#crossref" class="clickchap2" title="Cross References"> Cross </a> <a href="#study" class="clickchap2" title="Study Bible"> Study </a> <a href="#commentary" class="clickchap2" title="Commentary"> Comm </a> <a href="#lexicon" class="clickchap2" title="Lexicon"> Heb </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv">Verse<a href="/bsb/hosea/8.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/hosea/8.htm">New International Version</a> Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD is not pleased with them. Now he will remember their wickedness and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt. <a href="/nlt/hosea/8.htm">New Living Translation</a> The people love to offer sacrifices to me, feasting on the meat, but I do not accept their sacrifices. I will hold my people accountable for their sins, and I will punish them. They will return to Egypt. <a href="/esv/hosea/8.htm">English Standard Version</a> As for my sacrificial offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but the LORD does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt. <a href="/bsb/hosea/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Though 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. <a href="/kjv/hosea/8.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/hosea/8.htm">New King James Version</a> For the sacrifices of My offerings they sacrifice flesh and eat it, But the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins. They shall return to Egypt. <a href="/nasb_/hosea/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> 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 guilt, And punish them for their sins; They will return to Egypt. <a href="/nasb/hosea/8.htm">NASB 1995</a> 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. <a href="/nasb77/hosea/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a> 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. <a href="/lsb/hosea/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> As for My sacrificial gifts, They sacrifice the flesh and eat it, But Yahweh has not accepted them. Now He will remember their iniquity And punish them for their sins; They will return to Egypt. <a href="/amp/hosea/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a> As for My sacrificial offerings, They sacrifice the meat [as a mere formality] and eat it, But the LORD is not pleased with them and does not accept them. Now He will remember and take into account their wickedness and guilt, And punish them for their sins. They will return [in captivity] to [another] Egypt [that is, Assyria]. <a href="/csb/hosea/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Though they offer sacrificial gifts and eat the flesh, the LORD does not accept them. Now he will remember their guilt and punish their sins; they will return to Egypt. <a href="/hcsb/hosea/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Though they offer sacrificial gifts and eat the flesh, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their guilt and punish their sins; they will return to Egypt. <a href="/asv/hosea/8.htm">American Standard Version</a> As for the sacrifices of mine offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but Jehovah accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they shall return to Egypt. <a href="/cev/hosea/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You sacrifice your best animals and eat the sacrificial meals, but I, the LORD, refuse your offerings. I will remember your sins and punish you. Then you will return to Egypt. <a href="/erv/hosea/8.htm">English Revised Version</a> As for the sacrifices of mine offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they shall return to Egypt. <a href="/gwt/hosea/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> They offer sacrifices to me and eat the meat of sacrifices, but I, the LORD, do not accept these sacrifices. Now I will remember their wickedness and punish them because of their sins. They will go back to Egypt. <a href="/gnt/hosea/8.htm">Good News Translation</a> They offer sacrifices to me and eat the meat of the sacrifices. But I, the LORD, am not pleased with them, and now I will remember their sin and punish them for it; I will send them back to Egypt! <a href="/isv/hosea/8.htm">International Standard Version</a> They offer me meat from the sacrifices of my offerings, and they eat from it, but the LORD does not accept them. He will now remember their transgression and pay them back for their sins; to Egypt they will return. <a href="/msb/hosea/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Though 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. <a href="/net/hosea/8.htm">NET Bible</a> They offer up sacrificial gifts to me, and eat the meat, but the LORD does not accept their sacrifices. Soon he will remember their wrongdoing, he will punish their sins, and they will return to Egypt. <a href="/nheb/hosea/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> As for the sacrifices of my offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; But the LORD doesn't accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish their sins. They will return to Egypt, and will eat unclean things in Assyria. <a href="/wbt/hosea/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of my 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. <a href="/web/hosea/8.htm">World English Bible</a> As for the sacrifices of my offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but Yahweh doesn’t accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish their sins. They will return to Egypt. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hosea/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> The sacrifices of My offerings! They sacrifice flesh, and they eat, "" YHWH has not accepted them, "" Now He remembers their iniquity, "" And inspects their sin, "" They return [to] Egypt. <a href="/ylt/hosea/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> The sacrifices of Mine offerings! They sacrifice flesh, and they eat, Jehovah hath not accepted them, Now doth He remember their iniquity, And inspect their sin, They -- to Egypt they turn back. <a href="/slt/hosea/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> The sacrifices of my gifts they will sacrifice flesh, and they will eat; Jehovah delighted not in them; now will he remember their iniquity, and he will review their sins: they shall turn back to Egypt.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hosea/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> They shall offer victims, they shall sacrifice flesh, and shall eat it, and the Lord will not receive them: now will he remember their iniquity, and will visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt. <a href="/cpdv/hosea/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> They will offer victims, they will immolate flesh and will eat, and the Lord will not accept them. For now he will remember their iniquity, and he will repay their sins: they will be turned back to Egypt. <a href="/nabre/hosea/8.htm">New American Bible</a> They love sacrifice, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but the LORD is not pleased with them. Now he will remember their guilt and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt. <a href="/nrsvce/hosea/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Though they offer choice sacrifices, though they eat flesh, the LORD does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hosea/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> They sacrifice the choicest of animals and eat the meat; but the LORD has no delight in them; now he will remember their iniquity and punish them for their sins; they shall return to Egypt. <a href="/hpbt/hosea/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> They sacrifice the sacrifices of the chosen ones and they eat the flesh, and LORD JEHOVAH is not pleased with them, therefore their evil will be remembered and he shall review their sins and they shall return to Egypt<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/hosea/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> As for the sacrifices that are made by fire unto Me, Let them sacrifice flesh and eat it, For the LORD accepteth them not. Now will He remember their iniquity, and punish their sins; They shall return to Egypt. <a href="/sep/hosea/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> For if they should offer a sacrifice, and eat flesh, the lord will not accept them: now will he remember their iniquities, and will take vengeance on their sins: they have returned to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things among the Assyrians. <a href="/parallel/hosea/8-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=1234" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/hosea/8.htm">Israel will Reap the Whirlwind</a> …12Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange. 13<a href="/hebrew/2076.htm" title="2076: yiz·bə·ḥū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To slaughter for sacrifice. A primitive root; to slaughter an animal.">Though they offer</a> <a href="/hebrew/2077.htm" title="2077: ziḇ·ḥê (N-mpc) -- A sacrifice. From zabach; properly, a slaughter, i.e. The flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice.">sacrifices</a> <a href="/hebrew/1890.htm" title="1890: haḇ·hā·ḇay (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- A gift. By reduplication from yahab; gift, i.e. Holocaust.">as gifts to Me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: way·yō·ḵê·lū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">and though they eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: ḇā·śār (N-ms) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man.">the meat,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">does not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7521.htm" title="7521: rā·ṣām (V-Qal-Perf-3ms:: 3mp) -- To be pleased with, accept favorably. A primitive root; to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt.">accept them.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="6258: ‘at·tāh (Adv) -- Now. From eth; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive.">Now</a> <a href="/hebrew/2142.htm" title="2142: yiz·kōr (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- Remember. A primitive root; properly, to mark, i.e. To remember; by implication, to mention; also to be male.">He will remember</a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ‘ă·wō·nām (N-csc:: 3mp) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">their iniquity</a> <a href="/hebrew/6485.htm" title="6485: wə·yip̄·qōḏ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-3ms) -- To attend to, visit, muster, appoint. A primitive root; to visit; by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.">and punish</a> <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm" title="2403: ḥaṭ·ṭō·w·ṯām (N-fpc:: 3mp) -- Or chattacth; from chata'; an offence, and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also an offender.">their sins:</a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: hêm·māh (Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they.">They</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: yā·šū·ḇū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">will return</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: miṣ·ra·yim (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">to Egypt.</a> 14Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11-14</a> “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. / When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts? / Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly. ... <a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Amos 5:21-22</a> “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. / Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard. <a href="/jeremiah/6-20.htm">Jeremiah 6:20</a> What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.” <a href="/micah/6-6.htm">Micah 6:6-8</a> With 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? / Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? / He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? <a href="/psalms/50-8.htm">Psalm 50:8-13</a> I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me. / I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens, / for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills. ... <a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a> But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams. <a href="/isaiah/66-3.htm">Isaiah 66:3</a> Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations. <a href="/jeremiah/7-21.htm">Jeremiah 7:21-23</a> This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves! / For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices, / but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you. <a href="/malachi/1-10.htm">Malachi 1:10</a> “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. <a href="/matthew/15-8.htm">Matthew 15:8-9</a> ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’” <a href="/mark/7-6.htm">Mark 7:6-7</a> Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’ <a href="/hebrews/10-4.htm">Hebrews 10:4-6</a> because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. / Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me. / In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-20.htm">1 Corinthians 10:20</a> No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. <a href="/romans/2-22.htm">Romans 2:22-24</a> You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? / You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? / As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.” <a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23</a> Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of my offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepts them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.They sacrifice, etc.<a href="/jeremiah/7-21.htm">Jeremiah 7:21-23</a> Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh… but.<a href="/hosea/5-6.htm">Hosea 5:6</a> 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.<a href="/hosea/9-4.htm">Hosea 9:4</a> They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.<a href="/hosea/12-11.htm">Hosea 12:11</a> Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.now.<a href="/hosea/9-9.htm">Hosea 9:9</a> They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a> Thou shalt have no other gods before me.<a href="/exodus/32-34.htm">Exodus 32:34</a> Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.they shall.<a href="/hosea/7-16.htm">Hosea 7:16</a> They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.<a href="/hosea/9-3.htm">Hosea 9:3,6</a> They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria… <a href="/hosea/11-5.htm">Hosea 11:5</a> He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/daniel/4-27.htm">Accept</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-27.htm">Accepted</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/9-7.htm">Accepteth</a> <a href="/hosea/8-8.htm">Delight</a> <a href="/hosea/4-10.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/hosea/7-16.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/hosea/7-1.htm">Evil-Doing</a> <a href="/hosea/7-6.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/daniel/10-3.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/daniel/11-38.htm">Gifts</a> <a href="/hosea/7-10.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/hosea/7-1.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-10.htm">Inspect</a> <a href="/hosea/8-9.htm">Lovers</a> <a href="/daniel/11-26.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/hosea/7-2.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/hosea/8-11.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/hosea/8-8.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/hosea/4-14.htm">Punish</a> <a href="/hosea/7-12.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/hosea/7-2.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/hosea/6-6.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/hosea/4-19.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-19.htm">Sacrificial</a> <a href="/hosea/8-11.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/hosea/7-2.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/hosea/7-16.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/hosea/4-9.htm">Visit</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hosea/14-2.htm">Accept</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-2.htm">Accepted</a> <a href="/galatians/2-6.htm">Accepteth</a> <a href="/hosea/9-2.htm">Delight</a> <a href="/hosea/9-3.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/hosea/9-3.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/hosea/9-12.htm">Evil-Doing</a> <a href="/hosea/8-14.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/joel/2-28.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/amos/4-5.htm">Gifts</a> <a href="/joel/2-11.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/hosea/9-7.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/hosea/9-9.htm">Inspect</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-6.htm">Lovers</a> <a href="/hosea/11-4.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/hosea/9-9.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/hosea/9-4.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/hosea/10-10.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/hosea/9-9.htm">Punish</a> <a href="/hosea/9-7.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/hosea/9-9.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/hosea/11-2.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/hosea/9-4.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/amos/6-6.htm">Sacrificial</a> <a href="/hosea/10-8.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/hosea/9-7.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/hosea/9-12.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/hosea/9-9.htm">Visit</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 8</div>1. <a href="/hosea/8-1.htm">Destruction is threatened both to Israel and Judah for their impiety and idolatry.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/hosea/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me In the context of ancient Israel, sacrifices were central to worship and covenant relationship with God. However, the mere act of offering sacrifices was not sufficient if the heart was not aligned with God's will. This phrase highlights the disconnect between ritualistic practices and genuine devotion. The Israelites were performing religious duties, but their hearts were far from God, similar to the rebuke found in <a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11-15</a>, where God expresses disdain for empty rituals.and though they eat the meat Eating the meat of sacrifices was part of the communal and covenantal meal, symbolizing fellowship with God. However, this practice had become a mere formality for the Israelites. The act of eating the sacrificial meat without true repentance or obedience rendered the ritual meaningless. This reflects the broader biblical theme that God desires obedience over sacrifice, as seen in <a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a>.the LORD does not accept them This phrase underscores the principle that God is not appeased by external religious acts when they are not accompanied by a sincere heart. The rejection of their sacrifices indicates God's disapproval of their hypocrisy and unfaithfulness. This is consistent with the message in <a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Amos 5:21-24</a>, where God rejects the worship of those who neglect justice and righteousness.Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins God's remembrance of iniquity signifies a turning point where divine patience gives way to judgment. The Israelites' persistent sinfulness and idolatry had reached a point where God would no longer overlook their transgressions. This echoes the warnings found in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where disobedience to the covenant would lead to curses and punishment.They will return to Egypt This phrase is symbolic of a return to bondage and oppression, reminiscent of Israel's slavery in Egypt. It signifies a reversal of the Exodus, the foundational event of Israel's identity as God's chosen people. The threat of returning to Egypt serves as a metaphor for the consequences of forsaking God, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-68.htm">Deuteronomy 28:68</a>. It also foreshadows the Assyrian and Babylonian exiles, where Israel and Judah would experience captivity due to their unfaithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/h/hosea.htm">Hosea</a> A prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, called by God to deliver messages of judgment and hope. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The Northern Kingdom, often referred to as Ephraim in Hosea, which had turned away from God and engaged in idolatry. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, who desires true worship and obedience from His people. 4. <a href="/topical/s/sacrificial_offerings.htm">Sacrificial Offerings</a> Rituals performed by the Israelites, which had become empty and insincere due to their disobedience and idolatry. 5. <a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a> Symbolic of bondage and slavery, representing a return to a state of oppression and separation from God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/true_worship_over_ritual.htm">True Worship Over Ritual</a> God desires genuine worship and obedience rather than empty rituals. Our religious practices should reflect a heart aligned with God's will. <a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a> Persistent sin and disobedience lead to judgment and separation from God. We must be vigilant in our walk with God to avoid spiritual complacency. <a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_egypt.htm">Symbolism of Egypt</a> Returning to Egypt symbolizes a regression into sin and bondage. We must strive to move forward in our spiritual journey, not backward. <a href="/topical/g/god's_memory_of_sin.htm">God's Memory of Sin</a> While God is merciful, He is also just. Unrepentant sin will be remembered and dealt with. Repentance and turning back to God are crucial. <a href="/topical/h/heart_condition_matters.htm">Heart Condition Matters</a> The condition of our heart is more important than the outward appearance of our religious activities. God looks at the heart and desires sincerity.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hosea_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hosea 8</a> <a href="/q/when_was_nehemiah_written.htm">What does it mean Jesus became sin for us?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_1_john_4_8_say_'god_is_love'.htm">How can 1 John 4:8 say 'God is love' when the Old Testament shows actions that don't seem loving?</a> <a href="/q/why_would_god_sanctify_israel's_firstborn.htm">Exodus 13:2 - How could a just and moral God demand the sanctification of every firstborn child in Israel?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_god_the_only_savior_in_hosea_13_4.htm">Hosea 13:4: How can God declare 'there is no Savior besides Me' while other passages depict human saviors or mediators, seeming to contradict this exclusivity?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hosea/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) They sacrifice flesh . . .--Should be, "They sacrifice the sacrifices of my gifts--flesh, and eat it." Clear reference to the Mosaic institute. Ye shall go back to Egypt, says the prophet, and there learn again the bitter lessons of the past--either the positive return to Egypt or the disastrous hankering after Egyptian alliances.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 13, 14. - For the sacrifice of mine offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but the Lord accepteth them not. The mention of altars naturally suggests that of sacrifices, and, as a matter of fact, with the multiplication of those altars riley multiplied their sacrifices, so that the latter kept pace with the former, and a due proportionateness maintained between them. And yet, numerous as those sacrifices were, they were not real sacrifices; they were no more and no better than slaying so many animals and feasting on their flesh; the spirit of devotion was absent, therefore God did not accept them. Now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt. The turning-point was now reached, their iniquity was full, and the time of punishment had arrived. God had delivered their fathers out of the bondage of Egypt; now he will send their posterity into a bondage similar to or even worse than that of Egypt. For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples (or, palaces). Here Israel's sin, with the consequent suffering, is traced to its source. The origin of all was their forgetfulness of God and false confidence in man - them-selves and others or both. And Judah hath multiplied fenced cities. Israel forgot his Maker, and built shrines on high places, "consecrating," as Jerome says, "whole hills and mountains and shady trees to Baal and Ashtaroth and other idols." Judah also, though aware that Israel had renounced the love of Jehovah and had been punished for their sins, did not return to God, but trusted in fenced cities. But I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof. To the word for "city" the masculine suffix is attached; while with "palaces" the feminine suffix is employed. With the proper names of peoples either gender is used: (a) the masculine with reference to the people or population, and the feminine in relation to the country; or the reference may be to Israel and Judah, the masculine referring to their respective peoples, and feminine to their lands; though (b) Aben Ezra refers the feminine suffix of "palaces" to עיר, city, which is feminine. (c) The Septuagint has τὰ θεμέλια, foundations, instead of palaces . . . <a href="/commentaries/hosea/8-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Though they offer יִזְבְּח֤וּ (yiz·bə·ḥū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2076.htm">Strong's 2076: </a> To slaughter for sacrifice sacrifices זִבְחֵ֣י (ziḇ·ḥê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2077.htm">Strong's 2077: </a> A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice given to Me הַבְהָבַ֗י (haḇ·hā·ḇay) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1890.htm">Strong's 1890: </a> Gift, holocaust and eat וַיֹּאכֵ֔לוּ (way·yō·ḵê·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat the meat, בָשָׂר֙ (ḇā·śār) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1320.htm">Strong's 1320: </a> Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man the LORD יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> YHWH does not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no accept them. רָצָ֑ם (rā·ṣām) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7521.htm">Strong's 7521: </a> To be pleased with, to satisfy a, debt Now עַתָּ֞ה (‘at·tāh) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6258.htm">Strong's 6258: </a> At this time He will remember יִזְכֹּ֤ר (yiz·kōr) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2142.htm">Strong's 2142: </a> To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male their iniquity עֲוֺנָם֙ (‘ă·wō·nām) Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity and punish וְיִפְקֹ֣ד (wə·yip̄·qōḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6485.htm">Strong's 6485: </a> To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit their sins: חַטֹּאותָ֔ם (ḥaṭ·ṭō·w·ṯām) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2403.htm">Strong's 2403: </a> An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender They הֵ֖מָּה (hêm·māh) Pronoun - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> They will return יָשֽׁוּבוּ׃ (yā·šū·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again to Egypt. מִצְרַ֥יִם (miṣ·ra·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/8-13.htm">Hosea 8:13 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/hosea/8-13.htm">Hosea 8:13 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/hosea/8-13.htm">Hosea 8:13 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/hosea/8-13.htm">Hosea 8:13 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/hosea/8-13.htm">Hosea 8:13 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/8-13.htm">Hosea 8:13 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/8-13.htm">Hosea 8:13 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/8-13.htm">Hosea 8:13 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/8-13.htm">Hosea 8:13 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/hosea/8-13.htm">Hosea 8:13 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/hosea/8-13.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 8:13 As for the sacrifices of my offerings (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/8-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 8:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 8:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/8-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 8:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 8:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>