Hosea 9:4-6

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⁴^(A)They shall not pour drink offerings of wine to the Lord,
    ^(B)and their sacrifices shall not please him.
It shall be like ^(C)mourners' bread to them;
    all who eat of it shall be defiled;
for their bread shall be for their hunger only;
    ^(D)it shall not come to the house of the Lord.

⁵^(E)What will you do on the day of the appointed festival,
    and on the day of the feast of the Lord?
⁶For behold, they are going away from destruction;
    but ^(F)Egypt shall gather them;
    Memphis shall bury them.
Nettles shall possess ^(G)their precious things of silver;
    ^(H)thorns shall be in their tents.

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Hosea 9:4-6

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⁴They 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)

⁵What will you do^(F) on the day of your appointed festivals,^(G)
    on the feast days of the Lord?
⁶Even 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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