Hos.9.4

Hosea 9:4

KJV

They shall not offer wine offerings to the Lord, neither 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.

Israel’s Punishment

Cross References

Exodus 29:40

KJV GOD

And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering.

The Daily Offerings

Jeremiah 6:20

KJV GOD

To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.

Jerusalem’s Final Warning

Jeremiah 16:7

KJV GOD

Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

Disaster Predicted

Ezekiel 24:17

KJV GOD

Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.

Ezekiel’s Wife Dies

Daniel 1:8

KJV

¶ But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

Daniel’s Faithfulness

Hosea 8:13

KJV GOD

They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the Lord accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.

Israel Will Reap the Whirlwind

Joel 1:9

KJV GOD

The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the Lord; the priests, the Lord’S ministers, mourn.

A Call to Mourning

Haggai 2:13

KJV GOD

Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.

Blessings for a Defiled People

Haggai 2:14

KJV GOD

Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the Lord; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.