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They will not pour out drink offerings of (A)wine to Yahweh;
(B)Their sacrifices will not please Him.
Their bread will [a]be like [b]mourners’ bread;
All who eat of it will be (C)defiled,
For their bread will be for [c]themselves alone;
It will not enter the house of Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 9:4 Lit be to them
  2. Hosea 9:4 Or bread of misfortune
  3. Hosea 9:4 Lit their appetite

They will not pour out wine offerings(A) to the Lord,
    nor will their sacrifices please(B) him.
Such sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners;(C)
    all who eat them will be unclean.(D)
This food will be for themselves;
    it will not come into the temple of the Lord.(E)

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The Day of Yahweh Is Near

13 (A)Gird yourselves with sackcloth
And lament, O priests;
(B)Wail, O ministers of the altar!
Come, (C)spend the night in sackcloth,
O ministers of my God;
For the grain offering and the drink offering
Are withheld from the house of your God.

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A Call to Lamentation

13 Put on sackcloth,(A) you priests, and mourn;
    wail, you who minister(B) before the altar.
Come, spend the night in sackcloth,
    you who minister before my God;
for the grain offerings and drink offerings(C)
    are withheld from the house of your God.

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14 Who knows (A)whether He will not turn and relent
And leave a (B)blessing behind Him,
Even (C)a grain offering and a drink offering
For Yahweh your God?

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14 Who knows? He may turn(A) and relent(B)
    and leave behind a blessing(C)
grain offerings and drink offerings(D)
    for the Lord your God.

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