A moment in scripture
Hosea 8:13
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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.
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The surrounding passage
- Hosea 8:11
Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
- Hosea 8:12
I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
- Hosea 8:14
For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.