Hosea 9:4 BSB — MannaFest

Hosea 9:4

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.

BSB

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ASV

They shall not pour out wine-offerings to Jehovah, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted; for their bread shall be for their appetite; it shall not come into the house of Jehovah.

KJV

They shall not offer wine offerings to the Lord, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the Lord.

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Commentary

3 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON HOSEA 4:96 (444)

Having collected the fruit of the vine into the wine-vats, they offered the firstlings as a libation to the demons, and not to the God who gave them. They also offered loaves of bread as firstfruits of the harvest—except that the sacrifice will become for them defiled and impure, he says, and the offerings will be considered as mourning breads (that is, disgusting, impure and odious). For what reason? For the law considered unclean anyone who approached a dead body either by blood relationship or rather by the very touching of the body.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Wine-offerings - These were appointed to be offered with the morning and evening sacrifice, the sacrifice representing Christ, and pardon by him; the wine-offering, the spirit of grace: the sacrifice repeated, daily continued their peace and pardon.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

As the bread of mourners - By the law, a dead body, and every thing that related to it, the house where it lay, and the persons who touched it, were all polluted and unclean, and whatever they touched was considered as defiled. See Deu 26:14; Num 19:11, Num 19:13, Num 19:14. For their bread for their soul - The bread for the common support of life shall not be sanctified to them by having the first-fruits presented at the temple.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
יִסְּכ֨וּ	yi.se.Khu	they will pour out	H5258 →
לַיהוָ֥ה׀	la.Yah.weh	to Yahweh	H3068 →
יַיִן֮	ya.Yin	wine	H3196 →
וְלֹ֣א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
יֶֽעֶרְבוּ־	ye.'er.vu-	they will be pleasing	H6149 →
לוֹ֒	lo	to him
זִבְחֵיהֶ֗ם	ziv.chei.Hem	sacrifices their	H2077 →
כְּלֶ֤חֶם	ke.Le.chem	[will be] like bread of	H3899 →
אוֹנִים֙	'o.Nim	mourning<s>	H205 →
לָהֶ֔ם	la.Hem	to them
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
אֹכְלָ֖יו	'o.khe.Lav	[those who] eat it	H398 →
יִטַמָּ֑אוּ	yi.ta.Ma.'u	they will make themselves unclean	H2930 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
לַחְמָ֣ם	lach.Mam	bread their	H3899 →
לְנַפְשָׁ֔ם	le.naf.Sham	[will be] for self their	H5315 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יָב֖וֹא	ya.Vo'	it will go	H935 →
בֵּ֥ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
יְהוָֽה׃	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 6:20
What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”
leads to
- Isaiah 1:11
  “What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Amos 5:21–22
  “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
- Micah 6:6–8
  With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?
Through
Joel 2:14
Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him—grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.
leads to
- Jonah 3:9
  Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
- Haggai 2:19
  Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”
Through
Deuteronomy 26:14
I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while in mourning, or removed any of it while unclean, or offered any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the LORD my God;…
leads to
- Leviticus 7:20
  But if anyone who is unclean eats meat from the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.
- Leviticus 21:1
  Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,
- Leviticus 21:11
  He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Hosea

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Hosea