Hosea

Hosea 9:4

⁴They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD,

and their sacrifices will not please Him,

but will be to them like the bread of mourners;

all who eat will be defiled.

For their bread will be for themselves;

it will not enter the house of the LORD.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They will not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
pour out	יִסְּכ֨וּ	yis·sə·ḵū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5258 pour out
wine	יַיִן֮	ya·yin	Noun - masculine singular	H3196 wine
to the LORD	לַיהוָ֥ה׀	Yah·weh	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
and their sacrifices	זִבְחֵיהֶ֗ם	ziḇ·ḥê·hem	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H2077 sacrifice
will not	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
please	יֶֽעֶרְבוּ־	ye·‘er·ḇū-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H6149 be sweet, pleasing
Him	לוֹ֒	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
to them	לָהֶ֔ם	lā·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural
like the bread	כְּלֶ֤חֶם	kə·le·ḥem	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3899 bread, food
of mourners	אוֹנִים֙	’ō·w·nîm	Noun - masculine plural	H205 trouble, sorrow, wickedness
all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
who eat	אֹכְלָ֖יו	’ō·ḵə·lāw	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H398 eat
will be defiled	יִטַמָּ֑אוּ	yi·ṭam·må̄·ʾū	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H2930 be or become unclean
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
their bread	לַחְמָ֣ם	laḥ·mām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H3899 bread, food
for themselves	לְנַפְשָׁ֔ם	lə·nap̄·šām	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
it will not	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
enter	יָב֖וֹא	yā·ḇō·w	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
the house	בֵּ֥ית	bêṯ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
of the LORD	יְהוָֽה׃	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

Cross-references

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

Jeremiah 6:20 · Deuteronomy 26:14 · Hosea 8:13 · Haggai 2:13–14 · Ezekiel 24:17 · Joel 2:14 · Hosea 3:4

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.