Hosea 5:4-6

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⁴ The people of Israel have done many evil things, and these evil things keep them from coming back to their God. They are always thinking of ways to chase after other gods. They don’t know the Lord. ⁵ Israel’s pride is a witness against them,^[a] so Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their sin. But Judah will also stumble with them.

⁶ “The leaders of the people went to look for the Lord. They took their sheep and cattle with them, but they did not find the Lord because he refused to accept them.