Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
offer wine offerings—literally, "pour as a libation (Exodus 30:9; Leviticus 23:13).
neither shall they be pleasing unto him—as being offered on a profane soil.
sacrifices . . . as the bread of mourners—which was unclean (Deuteronomy 26:14; Jeremiah 16:7; Ezekiel 24:17).
their bread for their soul—their offering for the expiation of their soul [CALVIN], (Leviticus 17:11). Rather, "their bread for their sustenance ('soul' being often used for the animal life, Genesis 14:21, Margin) shall not come into the Lord's house"; it shall only subserve their own uses, not My worship.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Hosea 9:4:
Jeremiah 16:7
Hosea 2:12
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