Hosea 8:13

“They sacrifice flesh [for] the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat [it], etc.] Or, “as to the sacrifices mine offerings” or “gifts, they sacrifice flesh, and eat it”f161; these sacrifices, which, according to the law, should given to God when they offered them, they did not give them to him, they took them to themselves, and ate them; they were carnal offerings, and offered with a carnal mind, without faith and piety, without any regard to the glory of God, but merely for the sake of caring: the Targum interprets it of sacrifices got by rapine, which God hates, (<236108>Isaiah 61:8); [but] the Lord accepteth them not; neither the sacrifices, nor the sacrificers, but despised and abhorred…”

“sacrifices of mine offerings--that is, which they offer to Me. eat it--Their own carnal gratification is the object which they seek, not My honor. now--that is, "speedily." shall return to Egypt-- (Hos 9:3, Hos 9:6; Hos 11:11). The same threat as in Deu 28:68. They fled thither to escape from the Assyrians (compare as to Judah, Jer. 42:1-44:30), when these latter had overthrown their nation. But see on Hos 9:3.”

“They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of Mine offerings, and eat it; but the Lord accepteth them not - As they rejected God’s law, so God rejected their “sacrifices,” which were not offered according to His law. They, doubtless, thought much of their sacrifices; and this the prophet perhaps expresses by an intensive form ; “the sacrifices of My gifts, gifts,” as though they thought, that they were ever giving. God accounted such sacrifices, not being hallowed by the end for which He instituted them, as mere “flesh.” They “offered flesh” and “ate” it. Such was the beginning, and such the only end. “He” would “not accept them.” Nay, contrariwise, “now,” now while they were offering the…”

“They shall return - Many shall fly from the Assyrian into Egypt. Hosea 8:14”

“8:13 I do not accept their sacrifices: See 6:6; Isa 1:10-17; Amos 5:21-24; Mic 6:6-8. • They will return to Egypt, the place of slavery (Deut 28:68). God’s dealings with Israel did not end with judgment. The divine purpose of judgment was to restore Israel to the status they had when they came out of Egypt, so that they could experience a new beginning (see Hos 2:14-15).”

“They sacrifice: etc. or, In the sacrifices of mine offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it. Jer 7:21-23 but: Hos 5:6, Hos 9:4, Hos 12:11; Sa1 15:22; Pro 21:27; Isa 1:11; Jer 14:10; Amo 5:22; Co1 11:20, Co1 11:29 now: Hos 9:9; Exo 20:3, Exo 32:34; Amo 8:7; Rev 16:19 they shall: Hos 7:16, Hos 9:3, Hos 9:6, Hos 11:5; Deu 28:68 Hosea 8:14”

“"Slain-offerings for gifts they sacrifice; flesh, and eat: Jehovah has no pleasure in them: now will He remember their transgression, and visit their sins: they will return to Egypt. Hos 8:14. And Israel forgot its Creator, and built palaces: and Judah multiplied fortified cities: and I shall send fire into its cities, and it will devour its castles." With the multiplication of the altars they increased the number of the sacrifices. הבהבי is a noun in the plural with the suffix, and is formed from יהב by reduplication. The slain-offerings of my sacrificial gifts, equivalent to the gifts of slain-offerings presented to me continually, they sacrifice as flesh, and eat it; that is to say, they…”