What is "to offend against"

Offend \Of*fend"\, v. i.

1. To transgress the moral or divine law; to commit a crime; to stumble; to sin.

   Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
   --James ii. 10.

   If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul alive.
   --Shak.

2. To cause dislike, anger, or vexation; to displease.

   I shall offend, either to detain or give it.
   --Shak.

   To offend against, to do an injury or wrong to; to commit an offense against. ``We have offended against the Lord already.''
   --2 Chron. xxviii. 1