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The Israelites will not give offerings of wine to the Lord;
    they will not give him sacrifices.
Their sacrifices will be like food that is eaten at a funeral;
    it is unclean, and everyone who eats it becomes unclean.
Their food will only satisfy their hunger;
    they cannot sacrifice it in the Temple.
What will you do then on the day of feasts
    and on the day of the Lord’s festival?
Even if the people are not destroyed,
    Egypt will capture them;
    Memphis[a] will bury them.
Weeds will grow over their silver treasures,
    and thorns will drive them out of their tents.

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Footnotes

  1. 9:6 Memphis A city in Egypt famous for its tombs.

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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