[a]The floor, and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her.

They will not dwell in the Lord’s land, but Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean things in Assyria.

They shall not offer [b]wine to the Lord, neither shall their sacrifices be pleasant unto him: but they shall be unto them as the bread of mourners: all that eat thereof, shall be polluted: for their bread [c]for their souls shall not come into the house of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 9:2 These outward things that thou seekest, shall be taken from thee.
  2. Hosea 9:4 All their doings both touching policy and religion, shall be rejected as things polluted.
  3. Hosea 9:4 The meat offering which they offered for themselves.

Threshing floors and winepresses will not feed the people;
    the new wine(A) will fail them.
They will not remain(B) in the Lord’s land;
    Ephraim will return to Egypt(C)
    and eat unclean food in Assyria.(D)
They will not pour out wine offerings(E) to the Lord,
    nor will their sacrifices please(F) him.
Such sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners;(G)
    all who eat them will be unclean.(H)
This food will be for themselves;
    it will not come into the temple of the Lord.(I)

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