They will not pour out drink offerings of (A)wine to the Lord,
(B)Nor will [a]their sacrifices please Him.
Their bread will be to them like [b]mourners’ bread;
All who eat it will be (C)defiled,
Because their bread will be for [c]themselves alone;
It will not enter the house of the Lord.
(D)What will you do on the day of the appointed festival
And on the day of the (E)feast of the Lord?
For behold, they will be gone because of destruction;
Egypt will gather them together, (F)Memphis will bury them.
Weeds will take possession of their treasures of silver;
(G)Thorns will be in their tents.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 9:4 Or they offer to Him their
  2. Hosea 9:4 Lit bread of mourning
  3. Hosea 9:4 Lit their soul

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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