Hosea 9:5
in Hosea 9What will you do on the appointed day, on the day of the LORD’s feast?
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
What will ye do in the day of solemn assembly, and in the day of the feast of Jehovah?
KJV
What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the Lord?
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This verse in Hosea 9
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
What will ye do in the solemn day? - Man is content to remain far from God, so that God do not show him, that He has withdrawn Himself from him. Man would fain have the power of drawing near to God in time of calamity, or when he himself likes. He would fain have God at his command, as it were, not be at the command of God. God cuts off this hope altogether. he singles out the great festivals, which commemorated His great doings for His people, as though they had no more share in those mercies.
This site's exposition
What will ye do in the solemn day
on Hosea 9:5-6
What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the Lord asks a question with no answer available, since exile will strip Israel of the very land, temple and calendar the feasts depended on. Verse six answers with the mechanics of the coming disaster, Egypt gathering up the fugitives and Memphis burying the dead, foreign soil becoming Israel's cemetery rather than her ally. The pleasant places once filled with hoarded silver are left to nettles and thorns, wealth and worship both reclaimed by wilderness, the reversal of every blessing named in the law.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"What will you do on the solemn day, on the day of the Lord's festival? For behold, they have gone forth from desolation: Egypt shall gather them, Memphis shall bury them: the desirable silver of them, the nettle shall inherit, the burdock shall be in their tabernacles." LXX: "What will you do on the day of the assembly and on the day of the solemnity of the Lord? Therefore, behold they shall go from the misery of Egypt, and Memphis shall receive them, and Machmas shall bury them; their silver shall possess destruction, thorns shall be in their tabernacles."
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Golgotha in Syriac is the same with Gilgal in Hebrew, and therefore he thinks this may have reference to the putting of Christ to death at Golgotha, which was the greatest sin of the Jewish nation, and of which it might truly be said, All their wickedness was summed up in that. And no wonder that the people did wickedly, both in worship and conversation, when 4.
Note, The feasts of the Lord are solemn days; and, when we are invited to those feasts, we ought to consider seriously what we shall do. But the question is here put to those who were to be deprived of the benefit and comfort of those solemn feasts, " What will you do then?
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — odd-straight-quotes
What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the Lord?
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
What will ye do in the solemn day - When ye shall be despoiled of every thing by the Assyrians; for the Israelites who remained in the land after its subjection to the Assyrians did worship the true God, and offer unto him the sacrifices appointed by the law, though in an imperfect and schismatic manner; and it was a great mortification to them to be deprived of their religious festivals in a land of strangers. See Calmet.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מַֽה־ | mah- | what? | H4100 → | 752 times |
| תַּעֲשׂ֖וּ | taasu | will you do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לְי֣וֹם | leyom | to [the] day of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| מוֹעֵ֑ד | moed | an appointed feast | H4150 → | 223 times |
| וּלְי֖וֹם | uleyom | and to [the] day of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| חַג־ | chag- | [the] festival of | H2282 → | |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
מַֽה־what?
mah-H4100 →752 times
תַּעֲשׂ֖וּwill you do
taasuH6213 →2628 times
לְי֣וֹםto [the] day of
leyomH3117 →2304 times
מוֹעֵ֑דan appointed feast
moedH4150 →223 times
וּלְי֖וֹםand to [the] day of
uleyomH3117 →2304 times
חַג־[the] festival of
chag-H2282 →
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Hosea 2:11I will put an end to all her exultation: her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—all her appointed feasts.
it leads to
- Isaiah 1:13–14
Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me— your New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations. I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.
- Amos 5:21
“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
- Amos 8:5
asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us…
- Jeremiah 16:9
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to remove from this place, before your very eyes and in your days, the sounds of joy and…
- Isaiah 1:13–14
Through
Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
it leads to
- Ezekiel 13:6
They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.
- Jeremiah 14:14
“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination,…
- Micah 2:11
If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!
- Ezekiel 13:6
Through
Joel 1:13Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 4:8
So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”
- Jeremiah 4:8
About Hosea
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Edward Bouverie Pusey, The Minor Prophets: A Commentary; Jerome, Commentary on Hosea 9:5-6; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.