Hoseachapter 9
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Original Language
Hosea 9— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition
In Jewish life
Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Hosea 9. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.
The reading
The yearly cycle does not read Hosea 9. The Haftarah is drawn from the Prophets a passage at a time rather than continuously, so most chapters of most prophetic books are never read in the service, and this is one of them.
The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →
Where the rabbis cite this chapter
4 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 4 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.
How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.
No joy at the threshing floor; Egypt will bury them1
Hosea 9:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Hosea 9:1
Rejoice not, O Israel like the other peoples, for they did not receive a Torah, and they did not come to My lot, but you strayed from Me and lost many benefits.
Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
Hosea 9:2· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Hosea 9:3· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Hosea 9:4· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Hosea 9:5· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Hosea 9:6· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
The prophet is a fool, they say, in the day of visitation7
Hosea 9:7· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Hosea 9:8· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Hosea 9:9· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Grapes in the wilderness, then Baal-peor10
Hosea 9:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Hosea 9:10
Like grapes in the desert Like grapes, which are precious in the desert, so did I love Israel.
Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
Hosea 9:11· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Hosea 9:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Hosea 9:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Hosea 9:13
Ephraim, as I saw Tyre in its tranquility, enjoying royalty and wealth more than all the provinces, so did I see Ephraim, planted in a dwelling place. But Ephraim what recompense did he recompense Me?
Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
Hosea 9:14· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Hosea 9:14
Give them, O Lord, what You will give The prophet prays that they should die when young, for the mourning for a child is not as bad as the mourning for an adult.
Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
Cast away, wanderers among the nations15
Hosea 9:15· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Hosea 9:16· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible