Hosea 9:4-6

Contemporary English Version

⁴ You won't be able to offer
sacrifices of wine
    to the Lord.
None of your sacrifices
    will please him—
they will be unclean
    like food offered to the dead.
Your food will only be used
    to satisfy your hunger;
none of it will be brought
    to the Lord's temple.
⁵ You will no longer be able
to celebrate the festival
    of the Lord.^[a]
6 Even if you escape alive,
you will end up in Egypt
    and be buried in Memphis.^[b]
Your silver treasures
    will be lost among weeds;^[c]
thorns will sprout in your tents.