World English Bible
Hosea 9:1
“Don't rejoice, Israel, to jubilation like the nations; for you were unfaithful to your God. You love the wages of a prostitute at every grain threshing floor.”
Verse in context — Hosea 9
1
Don't rejoice, Israel, to jubilation like the nations; for you were unfaithful to your God. You love the wages of a prostitute at every grain threshing floor.
2
The threshing floor and the winepress won't feed them, and the new wine will fail her.
3
They won't dwell in Yahweh's land; but Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.
About Hosea
God’s steadfast love for His unfaithful people, symbolized through Hosea’s marriage.
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