Hosea 8:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

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 because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.
Hos 9:9 : 9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
Deut 28:68 : 68 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
Isa 1:11 : 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full 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 the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
Hos 11:5 : 5 He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.
Amos 5:22 : 22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
Amos 8:7 : 7 The LORD 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 the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
Hos 9:3-4 : 3 They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. 4 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.
Hos 7:2 : 2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
Hos 7:16 : 16 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.
1 Cor 11:20 : 20 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper.
1 Cor 11:29 : 29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
Rev 16:19 : 19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
Hos 12:11 : 11 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.
Hos 4:9 : 9 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
Jer 7:21-23 : 21 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat 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 commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
1 Sam 15:22 : 22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? 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 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 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.

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Hos 9:3-4
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3They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
4They 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.
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Jer 44:13
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