Hosea 9:4

Hosea 9:4

2 The threshing floor and the winepress
Shall not feed them,
And the new wine shall fail in her.

3 They shall not dwell in ^athe Lord’s land,
^bBut Ephraim shall return to Egypt,
And ^cshall eat unclean things in Assyria.

4 They shall not offer wine offerings to the Lord,
Nor ^ashall their ^bsacrifices be pleasing to Him.
It shall be like bread of mourners to them;
All who eat it shall be defiled.
For their bread shall be for their own life;
It shall not come into the house of the Lord.

5 What will you do in the appointed day,
And in the day of the feast of the Lord?

6 For indeed they are gone because of destruction.
Egypt shall gather them up;
Memphis shall bury them.
^aNettles shall possess their valuables of silver;
Thorns shall be in their tents.

7 The ^adays of punishment have come;
The days of recompense have come.
Israel knows!
The prophet is a ^bfool,
^cThe spiritual man is insane,
Because of the greatness of your iniquity and great enmity.

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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Wine - offerings - These were appointed to be offered with the morning and evening sacrifice, the sacrifice representing Christ, and pardon by him; the wine - offering, the spirit of grace: the sacrifice repeated, daily continued their peace and pardon. All this shall be withheld from these captives. Pleasing - If any should venture to offer. As the bread of mourners - It shall as much pollute them and displease God as if one mourning for the dead, and forbidden to sacrifice, should venture to do it. Their bread - Their bread which they were bound to offer with their sacrifices, they will now have no opportunity of bringing to the Lord's house.

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