📖 Hosea — Chapter 9 (KJV)
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Hosea 9:1 RRejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward Tupon every cornfloor.
Hosea 9:2 The Rfloor and the Twinepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her.
Hosea 9:3 They Rshall not dwell in the LORD’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
Hosea 9:4 They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, Rneither 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 9:5 RWhat will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD?
Hosea 9:6 For, lo, Rthey are gone because of Tdestruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: Tthe pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.
Hosea 9:7 The Rdays of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the Tspiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.
Hosea 9:8 The Rwatchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred Tin the house of his God.
Hosea 9:9 They have Rdeeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
Hosea 9:10 I Rfound Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.
Hosea 9:11 As for Ephraim, Rtheir glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
Hosea 9:12 Though they bring up their children, Ryet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
Hosea 9:13 Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim Rshall bring forth his children to the murderer.
Hosea 9:14 Give them, O LORD: Rwhat wilt thou give? give them a Tmiscarrying womb and dry breasts.
Hosea 9:15 All their wickedness Ris in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.
Hosea 9:16 Ephraim is smitten, Rtheir root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even Tthe beloved fruit of their womb.
Hosea 9:17 RMy God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Hosea 9:1–6 — Harvest joy cannot shelter unfaithfulness
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Israel’s celebrated provision is confronted because of departure from God. Loss of grain, exile, defiled food, and abandoned homes show that prosperity has not secured the people’s place or worship.
Key Truth: Receive provision with faithful gratitude.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “Rejoice not, O Israel, for ____ , as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring …” (Hosea 9:1)
Find it in Hosea 9:1 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “… unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the ____ of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for …” (Hosea 9:4)
Find it in Hosea 9:4 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “… up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their ____ , nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their …” (Hosea 9:6)
Find it in Hosea 9:6 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Hosea 9:7–12 — Visitation exposes deep corruption and painful loss
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Hostility and the corruption compared with Gibeah are remembered. The Lord recalls first finding Israel like fruit in the wilderness, yet the people joined Baalpeor and face grave loss of children and security.
Key Truth: Remember early mercy without excusing later betrayal.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “… are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a ____ , the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of …” (Hosea 9:7)
Find it in Hosea 9:7 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “… but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that ____ ; and their abominations were according as they loved.” (Hosea 9:10)
Find it in Hosea 9:10 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “Though they bring up their ____ , yet will I bereave them, that there shall not …” (Hosea 9:12)
Find it in Hosea 9:12 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Hosea 9:13–17 — Pleasant planting becomes wandering
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Ephraim’s pleasant setting cannot spare its children from the announced crisis. Wicked rulers, barren roots, and the refusal to hear conclude in a warning that the people will wander among the nations.
Key Truth: Hear correction before comfort becomes false assurance.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “… in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his ____ to the murderer.” (Hosea 9:13)
Find it in Hosea 9:13 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “… I will drive them out of mine house, I will ____ them no more: all their princes are revolters.” (Hosea 9:15)
Find it in Hosea 9:15 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “My God will ____ them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and …” (Hosea 9:17)
Find it in Hosea 9:17 (KJV).
Related Scripture (KJV)
Numbers 25:3 — The earlier account records Israel joining Baalpeor.
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Reflect and Apply
What received mercy should call you back to willing obedience?
Advanced Questions and Answers
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1. What deprivation accompanies the loss of dwelling in the LORD's land?
2. Why do the sacrifices fail to provide acceptable worship?
3. What happens to places associated with the people's silver?
4. What reversal follows the image of Israel as grapes in the wilderness?
5. What reason is given for rejection and wandering?
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