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Threshing floors and wine vats will not feed the people,[a]
and new wine only deceives them.[b]

Assyrian Exile Will Reverse the Egyptian Exodus

They will not remain in the Lord’s land.
Ephraim will return to Egypt;
they will eat ritually unclean food in Assyria.
They will not pour out drink offerings of wine to the Lord;
they will not please him with their sacrifices.
Their sacrifices will be like bread eaten while in mourning;
all those who eat them will make themselves ritually unclean.
For their bread will be only to satisfy their appetite;
it will not come into the temple of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 9:2 tn Heb “them”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Hosea 9:2 tn Heb “her” (so KJV, ASV). This is taken as a collective singular (so also most modern English versions).

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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