Hosea 9:4-6

New Living Translation

⁴ There you will make no offerings of wine to the Lord.
    None of your sacrifices there will please him.
They will be unclean, like food touched by a person in mourning.
    All who present such sacrifices will be defiled.
They may eat this food themselves,
    but they may not offer it to the Lord.
⁵ What then will you do on festival days?
    How will you observe the Lord’s festivals?
⁶ Even if you escape destruction from Assyria,
    Egypt will conquer you, and Memphis^[a] will bury you.
Nettles will take over your treasures of silver;
    thistles will invade your ruined homes.