They will not pour out drink offerings of (A)wine to the Lord,
(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 the Lord.

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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

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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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 the Lord your God?

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