13 Though they offer sacrificial gifts[a](A)
and eat the flesh,(B)
the Lord does not accept them.
Now He will remember their guilt(C)
and punish their sins;(D)
they will return to Egypt.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 8:13 Hb obscure

13 Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to me,
    and though they eat(A) the meat,
    the Lord is not pleased with them.(B)
Now he will remember(C) their wickedness
    and punish their sins:(D)
    They will return to Egypt.(E)

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13 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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They will not stay in the land of the Lord.
Instead, Ephraim will return to Egypt,(A)
and they will eat unclean food(B) in Assyria.(C)

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They will not remain(A) in the Lord’s land;
    Ephraim will return to Egypt(B)
    and eat unclean food in Assyria.(C)

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They shall not dwell in the Lord's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.

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For even if they flee from devastation,
Egypt will gather them, and Memphis will bury them.(A)
Thistles will take possession of their precious silver;
thorns will invade their tents.(B)

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Even if they escape from destruction,
    Egypt will gather them,(A)
    and Memphis(B) will bury them.(C)
Their treasures of silver(D) will be taken over by briers,
    and thorns(E) will overrun their tents.

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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.

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