The Bible

 

Hosea 8:13

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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.

Commentary

 

Heathen

  

'The time of the heathen,' as mentioned in Ezekiel 30:3, signifies the heathen, or wickedness.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 488)