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Hosea 9:6

EgyptMemphis
Judgment

4 They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.

5 What will you do on the appointed day, on the day of the LORD’s feast?

For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.

7 The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived— let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.

8 The prophet is Ephraim’s watchman, along with my God, yet the snare of the fowler lies on all his paths. Hostility is in the house of his God!

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.
KJV
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.
WEB
For, behold, when they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them up. Memphis will bury them. Nettles will possess their pleasant things of silver. Thorns will be in their tents.
ASV
For, lo, they are gone away from destruction; [yet] Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them; their pleasant things of silver, nettles shall possess them; thorns shall be in their tents.
DARBY
For behold, they are gone away because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Moph shall bury them: their pleasant things of silver, nettles shall possess them; thorns shall be in their tents.
BLB
For behold, they go away from destruction. Egypt will gather them up, [and] Memphis will bury them! [And] the preciousness of their silver—the thistles will possess them, thorns in their tents.
ÅB
For de drar bort for ødeleggelses skyld; Egypt skal samle dem, Memfis begrave dem; deres sølvsmykker skal nesler ta i eie, torner skal vokse i deres telt.
OTB
For se, de skal flykte på grunn av ødeleggelse;
Egypt skal ta dem imot,
Memfis skal begrave dem.
Ugress skal ta deres skatter av sølv i eie;
Torner skal være i deres telt.
B1930
For de drar bort for ødeleggelses skyld; Egypten skal samle dem, Memfis begrave dem; deres sølvsmykker skal nesler ta i eie, torner skal vokse i deres telt.

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Cross references

  • Hosea 10:8

    The high places of Aven will be destroyed— it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”

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  • Isaiah 5:6

    I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”

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  • Isaiah 7:23

    And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.

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  • Hosea 8:13

    Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.

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  • Hosea 7:16

    They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.

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  • Hosea 9:3

    They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.

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  • Isaiah 11:11

    On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

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  • Isaiah 32:13

    and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers— even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.

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