Hosea 8:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זִבְחֵ֣י הַבְהָבַ֗י יִזְבְּח֤וּ בָשָׂר֙ וַיֹּאכֵ֔לוּ יְהוָ֖ה לֹ֣א רָצָ֑ם עַתָּ֞ה יִזְכֹּ֤ר עֲוֺנָם֙ וְיִפְקֹ֣ד חַטֹּאותָ֔ם הֵ֖מָּה מִצְרַ֥יִם יָשֽׁוּבוּ׃

Transliteration

ziḇḥê haḇhāḇay they yizbəḥû ḇāśār wayyōʾḵēlû, YHWH not rāṣām; now yizkōr their ʿăwōnām and yip̄qōḏ their ḥaṭṭōʾwṯām; they to miṣrayim yāšûḇû.

Grammar Details

*ziḇḥê*: noun, masculine, plural construct - sacrifices of
*haḇhāḇay*: noun, masculine, plural with 1st person singular suffix - my gifts
*yizbəḥû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they sacrifice
*ḇāśār*: noun, masculine, singular absolute - flesh/meat
*wayyōʾḵēlû*: verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they eat
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*rāṣām*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - he accepted/was pleased with them
*yizkōr*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will remember
*ʿăwōnām*: noun, masculine, singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their iniquity
*yip̄qōḏ*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will visit/punish
*ḥaṭṭōʾwṯām*: noun, feminine, plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their sins
*miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
*yāšûḇû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will return

Word Meanings

*ziḇḥê*: sacrifices of/offerings of
*haḇhāḇay*: my gifts/my offerings [uncertain meaning, possibly 'my choice sacrifices']
*yizbəḥû*: they sacrifice/slaughter/offer
*ḇāśār*: flesh/meat
*wayyōʾḵēlû*: and they eat/consume
*rāṣām*: accepted them/was pleased with them/favored them
*yizkōr*: he will remember/recall/take note of
*ʿăwōnām*: their iniquity/guilt/punishment
*yip̄qōḏ*: he will visit/punish/attend to
*ḥaṭṭōʾwṯām*: their sins/offenses/failures
*yāšûḇû*: they will return/go back/revert

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Referenced Verses

Hos 9:6 : 6 For, lo, they are gone away from destruction; [yet] Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them; their pleasant things of silver, nettles shall possess them; thorns shall be in their tents.
Hos 9:9 : 9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
Deut 28:68 : 68 And Jehovah will bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I said unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall sell yourselves unto your enemies for bondmen and for bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
Isa 1:11 : 11 What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
Jer 14:10 : 10 Thus saith Jehovah unto this people, Even so have they loved to wander; they have not refrained their feet: therefore Jehovah doth not accept them; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
Hos 11:5 : 5 They shall not return into the land of Egypt; but the Assyrian shall be their king, because they refused to return [to me].
Amos 5:22 : 22 Yea, though ye offer me your burnt-offerings and meal-offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fat beasts.
Amos 8:7 : 7 Jehovah hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
Hos 5:6 : 6 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.
Hos 9:3-4 : 3 They shall not dwell in Jehovah's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria. 4 They shall not pour out [wine-] [offerings] to Jehovah, 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 shall be for their appetite; it shall not come into the house of Jehovah.
Hos 7:2 : 2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now have their own doings beset them about; they are before my face.
Hos 7:16 : 16 They return, but not to [him that is] on 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.
1 Cor 11:20 : 20 When therefore ye assemble yourselves together, {G1909} {G846} it is not possible to eat the Lord's supper:
1 Cor 11:29 : 29 For he that eateth and drinketh, {G371} eateth and drinketh judgment unto himself, if he discern not the {G2962} body.
Rev 16:19 : 19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
Hos 12:11 : 11 Is Gilead iniquity? they are altogether false; in Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.
Hos 4:9 : 9 And it shall be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings.
Jer 7:21-23 : 21 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt-offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat ye flesh. 22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt-offerings or sacrifices: 23 but this thing I commanded them, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk ye in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.
1 Sam 15:22 : 22 And Samuel said, Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
Prov 21:27 : 27 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: How much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind!
Exod 20:3 : 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Exod 32:34 : 34 And 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Hos 9:3-4
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3They shall not dwell in Jehovah's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.
4They shall not pour out [wine-] [offerings] to Jehovah, 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 shall be for their appetite; it shall not come into the house of Jehovah.
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10Thus saith Jehovah unto this people, Even so have they loved to wander; they have not refrained their feet: therefore Jehovah doth not accept them; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
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14For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and builded palaces; and Judah hath multiplied fortified cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the castles thereof.
Hos 4:8
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8They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.
Jer 7:21-22
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21Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt-offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat ye flesh.
22For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt-offerings or sacrifices:
Jer 14:12
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12When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt-offering and meal-offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
Jer 11:10-11
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10They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they are gone after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
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Hos 11:5
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Jer 44:8
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8in that ye provoke me unto anger with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye are gone to sojourn; that ye may be cut off, and that ye may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
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Ezek 20:8
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Exod 32:8
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Isa 1:11
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11What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
Amos 5:22
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Jer 9:13
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1 Sam 2:29
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Lev 22:16
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Hos 7:16
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Exod 8:26
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Hos 13:2
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Ezek 44:7
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Hos 9:9
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9They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
Jer 1:16
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Mic 3:4
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Ezek 4:13
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Ezek 20:28
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Hos 5:6
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1 Kgs 9:9
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Hos 11:2
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Hos 13:6
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Lev 26:43
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Hos 9:6
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Mal 2:13
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Jer 34:18
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Hos 7:2
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Hos 5:4
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Jer 44:13
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Isa 44:19
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19And none calleth to mind, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?