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 consequently of a future state.