Hosea 9:3-5

Contemporary English Version

³and you will have to leave
the land of the Lord.
Some of you will go to Egypt;
others will go to Assyria
and eat unclean food.

⁴You won't be able to offer
sacrifices of wine
    to the Lord.
None of your sacrifices
    will please him—
they will be unclean
    like food offered to the dead.
Your food will only be used
    to satisfy your hunger;
none of it will be brought
    to the Lord's temple.
⁵You will no longer be able
to celebrate the festival
    of the Lord.^[a]

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Footnotes

9.5 festival of the Lord: Probably the Festival of Shelters.

Hosea 9:3-5

New International Version

³They will not remain^(A) in the Lord’s land;
    Ephraim will return to Egypt^(B)
    and eat unclean food in Assyria.^(C)
⁴They will not pour out wine offerings^(D) to the Lord,
    nor will their sacrifices please^(E) him.
Such sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners;^(F)
    all who eat them will be unclean.^(G)
This food will be for themselves;
    it will not come into the temple of the Lord.^(H)