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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

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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