Hosea 9:2-4

GOD’S WORD Translation

²There won’t be enough grain to feed people.
There won’t be enough wine to go around.

³The people of Ephraim won’t stay in the Lord’s land.
They will return to Egypt,
and they will eat unclean ^[a] food in Assyria.
⁴They won’t pour wine offerings to the Lord,
and their sacrifices won’t please him.
Their sacrifices will be like the food that mourners eat.
All who eat this food will be unclean.
Their food will only satisfy their hunger.
It will not be brought ⌞as an offering⌟ to the Lord’s temple.