Hosea 9:4-6

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⁴ They will not be able to give offerings of wine to the Lord. None of their sacrifices will please him. What they offer will be like food eaten at a funeral—whoever eats it will become unclean. They can eat that food for their own hunger, but it cannot be taken into the Lord’s Temple. ⁵ They will not be able to celebrate the Lord’s feasts or festivals.^[a]

⁶ The people of Israel left because the enemy took everything from them. But Egypt will take the people themselves. Memphis^[b] will bury them. Weeds will grow over their silver treasures, and thorns will grow where the Israelites lived.