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Hosea 9:1 KJV
Hosea · chapter 9 · verse 1
Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.Hosea 9:1 · King James Version
Hosea 9:1 in context
1Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.
2The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her.
3They shall not dwell in the LORD’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- cornfloorgôrena threshing-floorH1637 →
- Rejoicesâmachprobably to brighten upH8055 →
- whoringzânâhto commit adulteryH2181 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- rewardʼethnana giftH868 →
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Here, I. The people of Israel are charged with spiritual adultery: O Israel! thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, Hos 9:1. Their covenant with God was a marriage-covenant, by which they were joined to him as their God, renouncing all others.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6