Hosea 9:4 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴ They do not pour wine offerings to יהוה, nor are their offerings pleasing to Him – it being like bread of mourners to them, all who eat it are defiled. For their bread is for their life, it does not come into the House of יהוה.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ They shall not pour out wine offerings to the Lord, neither shall they be pleasing to Him. Their sacrifices shall be to them as the bread of mourners; all who eat of them shall be defiled, for their bread shall be [only] for their appetite; it shall not come into the house of the Lord [to be offered first to Him].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ They shall not pour out wine-offerings to Jehovah, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted; for their bread shall be for their appetite; it shall not come into the house of Jehovah.

Common English Bible

⁴ They won’t pour wine as an offering to the LORD; their sacrifices won’t please him. Such sacrifices will be like food for those who touch the dead; all who eat of it will be unclean; their bread will be for their hunger alone; it will not come to the LORD’s house.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ They will not offer a libation of wine to the Lord, and they will not please him. Their sacrifices will be like the bread of mourners. All those who eat it will be defiled. For their bread is of their soul; it will not enter into the house of the Lord.

Hosea 9:4 Cross References

Exodus 29:40

and one-tenth of an ĕ

Exodus 40:23

and set the bread in order upon it before יהוה, as יהוה  had commanded Mosheh.

Isaiah 57:6

“Among the smooth stones of the stream is your portion; they, they, are your lot! Also to them you have poured a drink offering, you have offered a grain offering. Am I comforted in these?

Isaiah 66:3

“But whoever slaughters the bull slays a man; whoever slaughters the lamb breaks a dog’s neck; whoever brings a grain offering – pig’s blood; whoever burns incense blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways, and their being delights in their abominations.

Jeremiah 16:7

“Neither shall they break bread in mourning for them to comfort them for the dead, nor give them the cup of comfort to drink for their father or their mother.

Jeremiah 6:20

“What need have I of frankincense from Sheḇ

Ezekiel 24:17

“Groan silently, make no mourning for the dead. Bind your turban on your head, and put your sandals on your feet. Do not cover your upper lip, and do not eat man’s bread of sorrow.”

Ezekiel 24:22

‘And you shall do as I have done, do not cover your upper lip nor eat man’s bread of sorrow,

Daniel 1:8

But Dani’ĕ

Hosea 3:4

For many days the children of Yisra’ĕ

Hosea 7:16

“They return, but not to the Most High. They have been like a slack bow. Their rulers fall by the sword for the cursings of their tongue. This is their scorn in the land of Mitsrayim.

Hosea 8:13

“As for My offerings: they slaughter flesh and they eat. יהוה  shall not accept them. Now does He remember their crookedness and punish their sins. Let them return to Mitsrayim!

Joel 1:13

Gird yourselves and lament, you priests. Wail, you attendants of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you attendants of my Elohim. For the grain offering and the drink offering are withheld from the house of your Elohim.

Joel 1:9

The grain offering and the drink offering have been cut off from the House of יהוה. The priests, servants of יהוה, have mourned.

Joel 2:14

Who knows – He might turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind Him, a grain offering and a drink offering for יהוה  your Elohim?

Leviticus 17:11

‘For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your lives, for it is the blood that makes atonement for the life.’

Leviticus 21:17

“Speak to Aharon, saying, ‘No man of your offspring throughout their generations, who has any defect, is to draw near to bring the bread of his Elohim.

Leviticus 21:21

‘No man among the offspring of Aharon the priest, who has a defect, is to come near to bring the offerings made by fire to יהוה  – he has a defect, he does not come near to bring the bread of his Elohim.

Leviticus 21:6

‘They are set-apart to their Elohim and do not profane the Name of their Elohim, for they bring the offerings of יהוה  made by fire, and the bread of their Elohim, and shall be set-apart.

Leviticus 21:8

‘And you shall set him apart, for he brings the bread of your Elohim, he is set-apart to you. For I, יהוה, setting you apart, am set-apart.

Amos 5:22

“Though you offer Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I do not accept them, nor do I look on your fattened peace offerings.

Malachi 2:13

And this you have done a second time: you cover the altar of יהוה  with tears, with weeping and crying, because He no longer regards the offering, nor receives it with pleasure from your hands.

Numbers 19:11

‘He who touches the dead of any human being is unclean for seven days.

Numbers 28:2

“Command the children of Yisra’ĕ

Numbers 4:7

“And on the table of showbread they shall spread a blue wrapper, and shall put on it the dishes, and the ladles, and the bowls, and the jars for pouring, and the showbread on it.

John 6:51

“I am the living bread which came down out of the heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he shall live forever. And indeed, the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”

Deuteronomy 26:14

‘I have not eaten any of it when in mourning, nor have I removed any of it for any unclean use, nor given any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the voice of יהוה  my Elohim, I have done according to all that You have commanded me.