Hosea

Hosea 8:13

¹³Though 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.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Though they offer	יִזְבְּח֤וּ	yiz·bə·ḥū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H2076 slaughter for sacrifice
sacrifices	זִבְחֵ֣י	ziḇ·ḥê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H2077 sacrifice
as gifts to Me	הַבְהָבַ֗י	haḇ·hā·ḇay	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H1890 gift
and	וַיֹּאכֵ֔לוּ	way·yō·ḵê·lū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H398 eat
the meat	בָשָׂר֙	ḇā·śār	Noun - masculine singular	H1320 flesh
the LORD	יְהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
does not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
accept them	רָצָ֑ם	rā·ṣām	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H7521 be pleased with, accept favourably
Now	עַתָּ֞ה	‘at·tāh	Adverb	H6258 now
He will remember	יִזְכֹּ֤ר	yiz·kōr	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2142 remember
their iniquity	עֲוֺנָם֙	‘ă·wō·nām	Noun - common singular construct; third person masculine plural	H5771 iniquity, guilt, or punishment of iniquity
and punish	וְיִפְקֹ֣ד	wə·yip̄·qōḏ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6485 attend to, visit, muster, appoint
their sins	חַטֹּאותָ֔ם	ḥaṭ·ṭō·w·ṯām	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H2403 offence, penalty, occasion
They	הֵ֖מָּה	hêm·māh	Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
will return	יָשֽׁוּבוּ׃	yā·šū·ḇū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7725 turn back, return
to Egypt	מִצְרַ֥יִם	miṣ·ra·yim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4714 Egypt, Egyptians

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Hosea 9:6 · Hosea 9:9 · Amos 5:22 · Amos 8:7 · Hosea 9:3–4 · Jeremiah 14:10 · Deuteronomy 28:68 · Isaiah 1:11 · Exodus 20:3 · Hosea 5:6 · Hosea 11:5

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.