Hosea 8:13 — You sacrifice your best animals
and eat the sacrificial meals,
but I, the Lord,… — CEV | maBible
Read Hosea 8:13 (Contemporary English Version) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Hosea 8.13, Hosea 8v13, Os. 8:13. 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 retu…
Other reference formats: Hosea 8.13, Hosea 8v13, Os. 8:13.
13 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.
Notes and references
sacrifice … sacrificial meals: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text. Two kinds of sacrifices are referred to: Those in which the whole animal is burned on the altar (“whole burnt offerings” in traditional translations) and those in which part is eaten by the worshipers (“fellowship of…
return to Egypt: Either as slaves or to find help against Assyria.