Hosea 9:4-6

Hosea 9:4-6 King James Version (KJV)

4 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.
5 What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the 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.

Hosea 9:4-6 Expanded Bible (EXB)

4 The Israelites will not •give [pour out]offerings of wine to the LORD;
   and their sacrifices will not please him.
Their sacrifices will be like •food that is eaten at a funeral[mourners bread;Deut. 26];
   it is unclean, and everyone who eats it becomes unclean[C because touched by someone who has touched a dead body; Num. 19].
Their food will only satisfy their hunger;
   •they cannot sacrifice it in [L it will not come into] the Temple.
5 What will you do then on the day of •feasts [your appointed festivals]
   and on the day of the LORD’s festival?
6 [L Look; T Behold]Even if the people •are not destroyed[escape destruction],
   Egypt will •capture[or receive;L gather] them;
   Memphis [C a city in Egypt famous for its tombs] will bury them.
•Weeds [Briers; Nettles] will grow over their silver treasures,
   and thorns will •drive them out of[possess; inherit]their tents.

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4 The sacrifices would come to an end once they were taken into exile but God was not going to forgive them because their was no turning away from sin from them, this allowed the exile to happen if they were forgiven by God accepting their offerings then the exile would not have happened. The bread that was holy was no longer holy it was just food now because of their actions.

5 They would go thru the motions of it and think of God for that day then go back to the pagan way in which they were living. We should not just live as Christians at church but take Jesus with us everywhere we go and live for Him all the time and not just a set time.

6 They would end up looking to Egypt for help but Egypt should not have been trusted by them, they only had to turn their hearts to the Lord but they refused to do this and their sins caused their downfall, the sin of pride prevents people from going to the Lord for help, He is all we need and we should be humble and ask and seek Him.