Quotes about Sacrifice
I ate no rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I did not anoint myself with oil until the three weeks were completed.
— Daniel 10:3
His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation.
— Daniel 11:31
And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.
— Daniel 12:11
For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.
— Hosea 3:4
They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.
— Hosea 4:13
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
— Hosea 6:6
They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.
— Hosea 7:14
Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.
— Hosea 8:11
What will you do on the appointed day, on the day of the LORD’s feast?
— Hosea 9:5
But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.
— Hosea 11:2
Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
— Hosea 12:11
Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”
— Hosea 13:2