Bible in Basic English
"They will go, with their flocks and their herds, in search of the Lord, but they will not see him; he has taken himself out of their view."
— Hosea 5:6, Bible in Basic English
“They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.”
I have knowledge of Ephraim, and Israel is not secret from me; for now, O Ephraim, you have been false to me, Israel has become unclean.
Their works will not let them come back to their God, for a false spirit is in them and they have no knowledge of the Lord.
And the pride of Israel gives an answer to his face; and Ephraim will have a fall through his sins, and the fall of Judah will be the same as theirs.
They will go, with their flocks and their herds, in search of the Lord, but they will not see him; he has taken himself out of their view.
They have been false to the Lord; they have given birth to strange children; now the new moon will make them waste with their fields.
Let the horn be sounded in Gibeah and in Ramah; give a loud cry in Beth-aven, They are after you, O Benjamin.
Ephraim will become a waste in the day of punishment; I have given knowledge among the tribes of Israel of what is certain.