Hosea

Hosea 9:1–2

¹Do not rejoice, O Israel,

with exultation like the nations,

for you have played the harlot against your God;

you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.

²The threshing floor and winepress will not feed them,

and the new wine will fail them.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Do not	אַל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
rejoice	תִּשְׂמַ֨ח	tiś·maḥ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H8055 rejoice, be glad
O Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל׀	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
with	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
exultation	גִּיל֙	gîl	Noun - masculine singular	H1524 rejoicing
like the nations	כָּֽעַמִּ֔ים	kā·‘am·mîm	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H5971 people
for	כִּ֥י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
you have played the harlot	זָנִ֖יתָ	zā·nî·ṯā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H2181 commit fornication, be a harlot
against	מֵעַ֣ל	mê·‘al	Preposition-m	H5921 height
your God	אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ	’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H430 God
you have made love	אָהַ֣בְתָּ	’ā·haḇ·tā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H157 love
hire	אֶתְנָ֔ן	’eṯ·nān	Noun - masculine singular	H868 hire
on	עַ֖ל	‘al	Preposition	H5921 height
every	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
threshing floor	גָּרְנ֥וֹת	gā·rə·nō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H1637 threshing-floor

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The threshing floor	גֹּ֥רֶן	gō·ren	Noun - feminine singular	H1637 threshing-floor
and winepress	וָיֶ֖קֶב	wā·ye·qeḇ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H3342 wine-vat
will not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
feed them	יִרְעֵ֑ם	yir·‘êm	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H7462 pasture, tend, graze
and the new wine	וְתִיר֖וֹשׁ	wə·ṯî·rō·wōš	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H8492 must, fresh or new wine
will fail them	יְכַ֥חֶשׁ	yə·ḵa·ḥeš	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3584 be disappointing, deceive, fail, grow lean

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Hosea 9:1 Hosea 10:5 · Jeremiah 44:17 · Hosea 4:12 · Isaiah 17:11 · James 4:16

Hosea 9:2 Hosea 2:9

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.