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Men will not (A)break bread in mourning for them, to comfort anyone for the dead, nor give them a cup of comforting to drink for anyone’s father or mother.

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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