Hosea 9:4
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“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.”
לֶחֶם
Bread, food, grain. Lechem. Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. There is food for the body and food for the soul.
בַּיִת
the house of
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בַּיִת
House, household, family. Bayith. In My Father's house are many rooms. God has a home prepared for everyone who belongs to Him.
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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זֶבַח
sacrifices/ their
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זֶבַח
properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
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נָסַךְ
they will pour out
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נָסַךְ
to pour out, especially a libation, or to cast (metal); by analogy, to anoint aking
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טָמֵא
they will make themselves unclean
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טָמֵא
they will make themselves unclean
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
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יַיִן
wine
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יַיִן
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
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עָרֵב
they will be pleasing
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עָרֵב
to be agreeable
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