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<t><p class="indent1">All<MH3605> who eat<MH398> it will be defiled<MH2930>, <t><p class="indent1">Because<MH3588> their bread<MH3899> will be for <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>themselves<MH5315> <i>alone;</i> <t><p class="indent1">It will not enter<MH935> the house<MH1004> of the LORD<MH3068>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>What<MH4100> will you do<MH6213a> on the day<MH3117> of the appointed<MH4150> festival<MH4150> <t><p class="indent1">And on the day<MH3117> of the feast<MH2282> of the LORD<MH3068>? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For behold<MH2009>, they will be gone<MH1980> because<MH4480> of destruction<MH7701>; <t><p class="indent1">Egypt<MH4714> will gather<MH6908> them together<MH6908>, Memphis<MH4644> will bury<MH6912> them. <t><p class="indent1">Weeds<MH7057> will take<MH3423> possession<MH3423> of their treasures<MH4261> of silver<MH3701>; <t><p class="indent1">Thorns<MH2336> <i>will be</i> in their tents<MH168>. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The days<MH3117> of punishment<MH6486> have come<MH935>, <t><p class="indent1">The days<MH3117> of retribution<MH7966> have come<MH935>; <t><p class="indent1"><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[i]</a></span>Let Israel<MH3478> know<MH3045> <i>this!</i> <t><p class="indent1">The prophet<MH5030> is a fool<MH191>, <t><p class="indent1">The <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[j]</a></span>inspired<MH7307> person<MH376> is insane<MH7696>, <t><p class="indent1">Because<MH5921> of the grossness<MH7230> of your wrongdoing<MH5771>, <t><p class="indent1">And <i>because your</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[k]</a></span>hostility<MH4895> is <i>so</i> great<MH7227a>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Ephraim<MH669> <i>was</i> a watchman<MH6822> with my God<MH430>, a prophet<MH5030>; <t><p class="indent1"><i>Yet</i> the snare<MH6341a> of a bird<MH3352> catcher<MH3352> is in all<MH3605> his ways<MH1870>, <t><p class="indent1"><i>And</i> there is <i>only</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[l]</a></span>hostility<MH4895> in the house<MH1004> of his God<MH430>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>They are<MH7843> deeply<MH6009> depraved<MH7843> <t><p class="indent1">As in the days<MH3117> of Gibeah<MH1390>; <t><p class="indent1">He will remember<MH2142> their guilt<MH5771>, <t><p class="indent1">He will punish<MH6485> their sins<MH2403b>. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I found<MH4672> Israel<MH3478> like grapes<MH6025> in the wilderness<MH4057b>; <t><p class="indent1">I saw<MH7200> your forefathers<MH1> as the earliest<MH1063> fruit<MH1063> on the fig<MH8384> tree<MH8384> in its first<MH7225> <i>season.</i> <t><p class="indent1"><i>But</i> they came<MH935> to Baal-peor<MH1187> and devoted<MH5144a> themselves to <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[m]</a></span>shame<MH1322>, <t><p class="indent1">And they became<MH1961> as detestable<MH8251> as that which<MH159> they loved<MH157>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>As for Ephraim<MH669>, their glory<MH3519b> will fly<MH5774a> away<MH5774a> like a bird<MH5775>— <t><p class="indent1">No<MH4480> birth<MH3205>, no<MH4480> pregnancy<MH990>, and no<MH4480> conception<MH2032>! <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Though<MH3588, 518> they bring<MH1431> up<MH1431> their children<MH1121>, <t><p class="indent1">Yet I will bereave<MH7921> them of<MH7921> their children<MH7921> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[n]</a></span>until not a person<MH120> is left. <t><p class="indent1">Yes<MH3588>, woe<MH188> to them indeed<MH1571> when I depart<MH5493> from them! <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Ephraim<MH669>, as I have seen<MH7200>, <t><p class="indent1">Is planted<MH8362> in a pasture<MH5116a> like Tyre<MH6865>; <t><p class="indent1">But Ephraim<MH669> is going to bring<MH3318> out<MH3318> his children<MH1121> for slaughter<MH2026>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Give<MH5414> to them, LORD<MH3068>—what<MH4100> will You give<MH5414>? <t><p class="indent1">Give<MH5414> them a miscarrying<MH7921> womb<MH7358> and dried-up<MH6784> breasts<MH7699a>. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>All<MH3605> their evil<MH7463a> is at Gilgal<MH1537>; <t><p class="indent1">Indeed<MH3588>, I came to hate<MH8130> them there<MH8033>! <t><p class="indent1">Because<MH5921> of the wickedness<MH7455> of their deeds<MH4611> <t><p class="indent1">I will drive<MH1644> them out<MH1644> of My house<MH1004>! <t><p class="indent1">I will no<MH3808> longer<MH3254> love<MH157> them; <t><p class="indent1">All<MH3605> their leaders<MH8269> are rebels<MH5637>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Ephraim<MH669> is stricken<MH5221>, their root<MH8328> is dried<MH3001> up<MH3001>, <t><p class="indent1">They will produce<MH6213a> no<MH1097> fruit<MH6529>. <t><p class="indent1">Even<MH1571> though<MH3588> they give<MH3205> birth<MH3205> to children, <t><p class="indent1">I will put<MH4191> to<MH4191> death<MH4191> the precious<MH4261> ones<MH4261> of their womb<MH990>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>My God<MH430> will reject<MH3988a> them <t><p class="indent1">Because<MH3588> they have not listened<MH8085> to Him; <t><p class="indent1">And they will be wanderers<MH5074> among the nations<MH1471>.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>to</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>peoples</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>away from your God</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>all threshing floors of grain</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Lit <i>her</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> Or <i>they offer to Him their</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>bread of mourning</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>their soul</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[i]</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> Or <i>Israel will know</i> this<br><span class="footnotesbot">[j]</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> Lit <i>man of the spirit</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[k]</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> Or <i>persecution</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[l]</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> Or <i>persecution</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[m]</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> I.e., Baal<br><span class="footnotesbot">[n]</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> Lit <i>without a person</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible<br>Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020<br>by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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