Hosea 9:1-9

Hosea 9:1-9

[1] Rejoice  not, O Israel,  for joy,  as other people:  for thou hast gone a whoring  from thy God,  thou hast loved  a reward  upon every cornfloor.  [2] The floor  and the winepress  shall not feed  them, and the new wine  shall fail  in her. [3] They shall not dwell  land;  but Ephraim  shall return  to Egypt,  and they shall eat  unclean  things in Assyria.  [4] They shall not offer  wine  offerings to the LORD,  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.  [5] What will ye do  in the solemn  day,  of the feast  of the LORD?  [6] For, lo, they are gone  because of destruction:  Egypt  shall gather them up,  Memphis  shall bury  them: the pleasant  places for their silver,  nettles  shall possess  them: thorns  shall be in their tabernacles.  [7] The days  of visitation  are come,  the days  of recompence  are come;  Israel  shall know  it: the prophet  is a fool,  the spiritual  man  is mad,  for the multitude  of thine iniquity,  and the great  hatred.  [8] The watchman  of Ephraim  was with my God:  but the prophet  is a snare  of a fowler  in all his ways,  and hatred  in the house  of his God.  [9] They have deeply  corrupted  themselves, as in the days  of Gibeah:  therefore he will remember  their iniquity,  he will visit  their sins. 

What does Hosea 9:1-9 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Israel would sorrow greatly because of her sins. Description of her sorrow precedes the explanation for it.