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They will not pour out drink offerings of (A)wine to Yahweh;
(B)Their sacrifices will not please Him.
Their bread will [a]be like [b]mourners’ bread;
All who eat of it will be (C)defiled,
For their bread will be for [c]themselves alone;
It will not enter the house of Yahweh.
(D)What will you do on the day of the appointed festival
And on the day of the (E)feast of Yahweh?
For behold, they will go because of destruction;
Egypt will gather them up; (F)Memphis will bury them.
Weeds will possess their desirable items of silver;
(G)Thorns will be in their tents.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 9:4 Lit be to them
  2. Hosea 9:4 Or bread of misfortune
  3. Hosea 9:4 Lit their appetite