Hosea 9:4 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 9:4

Hosea 9:4. 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 captivity they will be willing to do it, but shall not have it in their power. Wine- offerings were appointed to be offered with the morning and evening sacrifice; the sacrifice representing Christ, and pardon by him, and the wine-offering the Spirit of grace. The daily repetition of the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hosea 9:1-17

9:1-13:16 ISRAEL’S PUNISHMENTPunishments to fit the sins (9:1-17)Baal worship and its accompanying immoral rituals were aimed at increasing the produce from farms and vineyards. As a punishment God will destroy the farms and vineyards and send the people into captivity. There they will be forced to eat food that to them is unclean (9:1-3). They will not be able to offer the usual food and wine offerings; in fact, they will barely have enough to keep themselves alive. Meanwhile the land in which... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 9:4

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 (Deuteronomy 26:14 .Numbers 19:14; Numbers 19:14 ). App-92 . Hebrew. 'aven. A Homonym. See note on "Benjamin", Genesis 35:18 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 9:4

"They shall not pour out wine-offerings to Jehovah, 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 shall be for their appetite; it shall not come into the house of Jehovah."Religious observances of any kind will be impossible for Israel in Assyria to which they shall go in exile and slavery. The religious concerns of despised and hated slaves will find no consideration whatever of the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hosea 9:4

Hosea 9:4. 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 fraud, whereby the offerer is polluted and not cleansed. Bread for their soul, means "Bread offered for their salvation;" a sufficient proof that these early Jews (for it is to be considered that Hosea was a very ancient prophet) had a speculative belief in the salvation of the soul, and... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

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

4. offer wine offerings—literally, "pour as a libation (Exodus 30:9; Leviticus 23:13). neither shall they be pleasing unto him—as being offered on a profane soil. sacrifices . . . as the bread of mourners—which was unclean (Deuteronomy 26:14; Jeremiah 16:7; Ezekiel 24:17). their bread for their soul—their offering for the expiation of their soul [CALVIN], (Leviticus 17:11). Rather, "their bread for their sustenance ('soul' being often used for the animal life, Genesis 14:21, Margin) shall not... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 9:1-6

The result: termination of festivals 9:1-6 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 9:1-7

2. Israel’s inevitable judgment 9:1-11:7This section of prophecies continues to record accusations against Israel, but the emphasis on the inevitability of coming judgment increases. Also in contrast to chapter 8, this section is not a speech by Yahweh but one that Hosea delivered about Him. [Note: See Charles H. Silva, "The Literary Structure of Hosea 9-14," Bibliotheca Sacra 164:656 (October-December 2007):435-53, for a literary analysis of this section of Hosea.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 9:1-9

Israel’s sorrow 9:1-9Israel would sorrow greatly because of her sins. Description of her sorrow precedes the explanation for it. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 9:4

Opportunities for legitimate worship would end in exile since Israel had corrupted legitimate worship in the land. Drink offerings of wine, which accompanied certain sacrifices, would cease (cf. Numbers 15:1-12), and sacrifices offered there would be unacceptable to Yahweh. They would be similar to the bread that mourners ate, namely, ceremonially unclean because of contact with dead bodies (cf. Numbers 19:14-15; Numbers 19:22). Such bread might be suitable for human consumption, but it was... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 9:4

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hosea 9:1-17

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 9:4

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 9:4

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hosea 9:4

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 9:1-6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 9:1-7

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 9:1-9

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 9:4

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