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They will not be able to give offerings of wine to the Lord. None of their sacrifices will please him. What they offer will be like food eaten at a funeral—whoever eats it will become unclean. They can eat that food for their own hunger, but it cannot be taken into the Lord’s Temple. They will not be able to celebrate the Lord’s feasts or festivals.[a]

The people of Israel left because the enemy took everything from them. But Egypt will take the people themselves. Memphis[b] will bury them. Weeds will grow over their silver treasures, and thorns will grow where the Israelites lived.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 9:5 Literally, “What will you do for a day of solemn assembly, for the Lord’s festival day?”
  2. Hosea 9:6 Memphis An important city in Egypt.

They will not pour out wine offerings(A) to the Lord,
    nor will their sacrifices please(B) him.
Such sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners;(C)
    all who eat them will be unclean.(D)
This food will be for themselves;
    it will not come into the temple of the Lord.(E)

What will you do(F) on the day of your appointed festivals,(G)
    on the feast days of the Lord?
Even if they escape from destruction,
    Egypt will gather them,(H)
    and Memphis(I) will bury them.(J)
Their treasures of silver(K) will be taken over by briers,
    and thorns(L) will overrun their tents.

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