Focused Passage

Hosea 9:1-6

No Harvest Joy for a People Under Covenant Judgment

The chapter moves from the prohibition of false harvest joy, to the announcement of exile and polluted worship, to the rejection of the prophet's warning, to historical comparison with Baal Peor and Gibeah, and finally to the terrifying fruitlessness of Ephraim under divine rejection.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

1 Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.

2 The threshing floor and winepress will not feed them, and the new wine will fail them.

3 They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.

4 They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.

5 What will you do on the appointed day, on the day of the LORD’s feast?

6 For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.

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References and Original Words

Verse 1

Cross-references

Hosea 10:5 Classic cross-references Joel 1:12 Classic cross-references 1 Chronicles 5:25 Classic cross-references Acts 7:41 Classic cross-references Amos 4:5 Classic cross-references 1 Peter 2:11 OliveGrove study links Hebrews 10:1-10 OliveGrove study links John 4:23-24 OliveGrove study links

Original words

Do not אַל־ H408 Adverb rejoice תִּשְׂמַ֨ח H8055 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular O Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל׀ H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular with אֶל־ H413 Preposition exultation גִּיל֙ H1524 Noun - masculine singular like the nations כָּֽעַמִּ֔ים H5971 Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine plural for כִּ֥י H3588 Conjunction you have played the harlot זָנִ֖יתָ H2181 Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular against מֵעַ֣ל H5921 Preposition-m your God אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ H430 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular you have made love אָהַ֣בְתָּ H157 Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular [for] hire אֶתְנָ֔ן H868 Noun - masculine singular on עַ֖ל H5921 Preposition every כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct threshing floor גָּרְנ֥וֹת H1637 Noun - feminine plural construct . . . דָּגָֽן׃ H1715 Noun - masculine singular

Verse 2

Cross-references

Hosea 2:9 Classic cross-references Joel 1:10 Classic cross-references 1 Peter 2:11 OliveGrove study links Hebrews 10:1-10 OliveGrove study links John 4:23-24 OliveGrove study links

Original words

The threshing floor גֹּ֥רֶן H1637 Noun - feminine singular and winepress וָיֶ֖קֶב H3342 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular will not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle feed them יִרְעֵ֑ם H7462 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural and the new wine וְתִיר֖וֹשׁ H8492 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular will fail them יְכַ֥חֶשׁ H3584 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular

Verse 3

Cross-references

Daniel 1:8 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 28:68 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 4:13 Classic cross-references Hosea 8:13 Classic cross-references Amos 7:17 Classic cross-references 1 Peter 2:11 OliveGrove study links Hebrews 10:1-10 OliveGrove study links John 4:23-24 OliveGrove study links

Original words

They will not לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle remain יֵשְׁב֖וּ H3427 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural in the land בְּאֶ֣רֶץ H776 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct of the LORD יְהוָ֑ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular Ephraim אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ H669 Noun - proper - masculine singular will return וְשָׁ֤ב H7725 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular to Egypt מִצְרַ֔יִם H4714 Noun - proper - feminine singular and eat יֹאכֵֽלוּ׃ H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural unclean food טָמֵ֥א H2931 Adjective - masculine singular in Assyria וּבְאַשּׁ֖וּר H804 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular

BSB notes

That is, the northern kingdom of Israel; similarly in verses 8, 11, 13, and 16

Verse 4

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 26:14 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 24:17 Classic cross-references Hosea 8:13 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 16:7 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 6:20 Classic cross-references 1 Peter 2:11 OliveGrove study links Hebrews 10:1-10 OliveGrove study links John 4:23-24 OliveGrove study links

Original words

They will not לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle pour out יִסְּכ֨וּ H5258 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural wine [offerings] יַיִן֮ H3196 Noun - masculine singular to the LORD לַיהוָ֥ה׀ H3068 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular and their sacrifices זִבְחֵיהֶ֗ם H2077 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural will not וְלֹ֣א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle please יֶֽעֶרְבוּ־ H6149 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Him לוֹ֒ Preposition | third person masculine singular [but will be] to them לָהֶ֔ם Preposition | third person masculine plural like the bread כְּלֶ֤חֶם H3899 Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct of mourners אוֹנִים֙ H205 Noun - masculine plural all כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct who eat אֹכְלָ֖יו H398 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular will be defiled יִטַמָּ֑אוּ H2930 Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural For כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction their bread לַחְמָ֣ם H3899 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural [will be] for themselves לְנַפְשָׁ֔ם H5315 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural it will not לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle enter יָב֖וֹא H935 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular the house בֵּ֥ית H1004 Noun - masculine singular construct of the LORD יְהוָֽה׃ H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular

Verse 5

Cross-references

Isaiah 10:3 Classic cross-references Hosea 2:11 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 5:31 Classic cross-references Joel 1:13 Classic cross-references 1 Peter 2:11 OliveGrove study links Hebrews 10:1-10 OliveGrove study links John 4:23-24 OliveGrove study links

Original words

What מַֽה־ H4100 Interrogative will you do תַּעֲשׂ֖וּ H6213 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural on the appointed מוֹעֵ֑ד H4150 Noun - masculine singular day לְי֣וֹם H3117 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct on the day וּלְי֖וֹם H3117 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct of the LORD’s יְהוָֽה׃ H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular feast חַג־ H2282 Noun - masculine singular construct

Verse 6

Cross-references

Hosea 10:8 Classic cross-references Hosea 8:13 Classic cross-references Isaiah 5:6 Classic cross-references Isaiah 32:13 Classic cross-references Isaiah 7:23 Classic cross-references 1 Peter 2:11 OliveGrove study links Hebrews 10:1-10 OliveGrove study links John 4:23-24 OliveGrove study links

Original words

For כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction even if הִנֵּ֤ה H2009 Interjection they flee הָֽלְכוּ֙ H1980 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural destruction מִשֹּׁ֔ד H7701 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Egypt מִצְרַ֥יִם H4714 Noun - proper - feminine singular will gather them תְּקַבְּצֵ֖ם H6908 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine plural and Memphis מֹ֣ף H4644 Noun - proper - feminine singular will bury them תְּקַבְּרֵ֑ם H6912 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine plural Their precious מַחְמַ֣ד H4261 Noun - masculine singular construct silver לְכַסְפָּ֗ם H3701 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural will be taken over יִֽירָשֵׁ֔ם H3423 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural by thistles קִמּוֹשׂ֙ H7057 Noun - masculine singular [and] thorns [will overrun] ח֖וֹחַ H2336 Noun - masculine singular their tents בְּאָהֳלֵיהֶֽם׃ H168 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural

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