Hosea 9:4

They will pour out no wine offerings to Yahweh, 1 neither will they be pleasing to him. 1 Their sacrifices will be to them like mourners' food: 1 all who eat it will be defiled. 1 For their food will be for themselves only; 1 it will not come into the house of Yahweh. 1

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In The King James Version

They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.

In Context

3They will not continue to live in Yahweh's land; 1 instead, Ephraim will return to Egypt, 1 and one day they will eat unclean food in Assyria. 1

5What will you do on the day of an appointed festival, 1 on the day of a festival for Yahweh? 1

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Cross References

Exodus 40:23He placed the bread in order on the table before Yahweh, as Yahweh had commanded him.

Leviticus 21:6They must be holy to their God and not disgrace the name of their God, because the priests offer Yahweh's food offerings, the bread of their God. Therefore the priests must be holy.

Leviticus 21:17“Speak to Aaron and tell him, 'Whoever of your descendants throughout their generations has a bodily defect, he must not approach to offer the food to his God.

Numbers 4:7They are to spread a blue cloth on the table of the bread of the presence. On it they must put the dishes, spoons, bowls, and jars for pouring. Bread must always continue to be on the table.

Numbers 28:2“Command the people of Israel and say to them, 'You must offer sacrifices to me at the appointed times, the food of my offerings made by fire to produce a sweet aroma for me.'

Nehemiah 8:9Nehemiah the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were interpreting to the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to Yahweh your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.

Matthew Henry on Hosea 9:2-7

Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 740.) 1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every corn-floor. 2 The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her. 3 They shall not dwell in the Lord 's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. 4 They shall not offer wine offerings to the Lord , neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto… Read the whole commentary →

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