Hosea 9:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Hosea 9:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They shall not offer wine-offerings to the Lord - The “wine” or “drink-offering” was annexed to all their burnt-offerings, and so to all their public sacrifices. The burnt-offering (and with it t...
Hosea 9:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

They shall not offer (d) 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:...
Hosea 9:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Joyless Discipline of Exile. The delirious joy of the popular nature-religion shall soon be exchanged for the sorrows of exile. In her own land Israel had treacherously ascribed to the Baalim t...
Hosea 9:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

wine. Hebrew. yayin. App-27. Not same as in Hosea 9:2 . bread. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), App-6, for all kinds of food. of mourners. Reference to Pentateuch ( Deute...
Hosea 9:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

It is uncertain whether the Prophet testifies here, that they should lose their labour and their oil (as they say) when they sacrificed to God; or whether he declares what would be the case whe...
Hosea 9:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Hosea 9:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Neither shall they be pleasing unto him— Houbigant reads, Neither shall their sacrifices be pleasing unto him, which are to them as the bread of iniquity; or, such as is gained by injustice and f...
Hosea 9:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Hosea 9:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exile is at Hand This prophecy appears to have been written in a time of rejoicing over a good harvest and vintage. Israel need not rejoice, says the prophet, with the wild joy of the heathen. The...
Hosea 9:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Canaan, the land of Jehovah, is holy, Assyria unholy ( Amos 7:17 ), where there was no temple or sacred ordinances. Since meat was not a divinely sanctioned food, except in connection with a Jehovah...
Hosea 9:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

3. THE EFFECTS OF EXILE Hosea 9:1-9 Hosea now turns to describe the effects of exile upon the social and religious habits of the people. It must break up at once the joy and the sacredness of t...
Hosea 9:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Days of Recompense Are Come” Hosea 9:1-9 The subject of this chapter is the bitterness of the captivity which was awaiting Israel as the result of their unfaithfulness. Their exile would p...
Hosea 9:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The judgment was then described in detail. Its first note was of the death of joy. Israel could not find her joy like other peoples. She had gone whoring from God, loving hire on every threshing floo...
Hosea 9:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Looking with an eye to the captivity in Babylon, the Lord threatens Israel with removing them from the holy land. Indeed, an unfaithful wife ought not to dwell under the roof with her injured husband...
Hosea 9:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They shall not offer wine [offerings] to the Lord ,.... This is either a threatening of the cessation of sacrifices, being carried into Assyria, a strange land, where it was not lawful to offer sacr...
Hosea 9:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Hosea 9:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They shall not offer wine-offerings to the Lord They have omitted to make wine-offerings to the Lord when they had it in their power, and when it was their duty to do it; and in the time of their c...
Hosea 9:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings of Judgment. B. C. 740. 1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people...
Hosea 9:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They, captived for their idolatry and other sins, shall not offer wine-offerings: these were by the law appointed to be offered with the morning and evening sacrifice; the sacrifice representing...
Hosea 9:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Israel Must Not Rejoice At Their Harvest Feast Because Everything Will Shortly Be Taken From Them When They Are Exiled To Egypt/Assyria Because Of What They Have Become And Because Of How They Have...
Hosea 9:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Israel had fallen away from God, would not enjoy the produce of the field, but would be taken captive into Assyria, and be unable to keep the feasts. Hosea 9:1 . Rejoice ] Lit....
Hosea 9:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 9:1 . Rejoice not, oh Israel, with the shouts of harvest, and the songs of the vintage, as all heathen nations have done, and have ascribed their harvests to their idols; for God was about t...
Hosea 9:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Hosea 9:1-28 Contain a warning against security arising from temporary prosperity. Hosea 9:1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people. The occasion on which the pr...
Hosea 9:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Warning Against False Security
Hosea 9:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 4:4 ; Amos 4:5 ; Amos 5:22 ; Amos 8:11 ; Amos 8:12 ; Deuteronomy 26:14 ; Exodus 40:23 ; Ezekiel 24:17 ; Ezekiel 24:22 ; Hosea 3:4 ; Hosea 8:13 ; Isaiah 1:11-15 ; Isaiah 57:6 ; Isai...
Hosea 9:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Wine — offerings — These were appointed to be offered with the morning and evening sacrifice, the sacrifice representing Christ, and pardon by him; the wine — offering, the spirit of grace: the sac...

Hosea 9:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hosea 9:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Hosea 9:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 9:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hosea 9:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 9:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hosea 9:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hosea 9:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hosea 9:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 9:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hosea 9:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hosea 9:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hosea 9:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hosea 9:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hosea 9:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hosea 9:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hosea 9:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 9:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hosea 9:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hosea 9:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 9:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hosea 9:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 9:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hosea 9:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hosea 9:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 9:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes