Hosea 5:15 explains God withdraws until they repent—directly clarifies why He is not found.

Hosea 8:13 also shows God not accepting their sacrifices—parallel judgment on empty worship.

Hosea 3:5 promises future seeking that finds God—opposite to this failed seeking.

Proverbs 15:8 declares the wicked's sacrifice an abomination, directly explaining why God rejects their offerings in Hosea 5:6.

Micah 6:7 questions if God is pleased with enormous offerings, directly echoing the futility of the sacrificial seeking in Hosea 5:6.

Micah 3:4 says God will hide His face and not answer their cry, identical to 'he has withdrawn himself.'

Amos 5:21-23 has God rejecting their worship and refusing to listen, paralleling His withdrawal from Israel.

Ezekiel 8:18 says God will not hear their loud cries, exactly as Hosea says they will not find Him.

Lamentations 3:44 describes God covering Himself with a cloud to block prayer, a direct image of withdrawing.

Jeremiah 11:11 declares God will not listen when they cry out, matching 'they shall not find him' in Hosea.

Isaiah 66:3 equates their sacrifices with abominable acts—worship without heart is rejected, echoing His withdrawal.

Isaiah 1:11-15 has God rejecting their worship and refusing to listen, paralleling His withdrawal here.

Song of Solomon 5:6 uses the same language—'I sought him but found him not'—as a poetic parallel to God's withdrawal.

Proverbs 21:27 adds evil intent to the abomination of wicked sacrifices, paralleling the rejected offerings in Hosea 5:6.

Proverbs 1:28 states that those who seek diligently will not find, exactly matching the scenario of rejected seeking in Hosea 5:6.

Jeremiah 11:14 similarly describes God refusing to hear His people—same divine withdrawal.

John 7:34 echoes this—Jesus says 'You will seek me and not find me,' a NT application of divine withdrawal.

Micah 6:6 questions what offerings to bring, while Hosea 5:6 shows that even flocks and herds are futile without a right heart.