Hosea 9:5

Hosea 9:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the Lord?
• New International Version (NIV)What will you do on the day of your appointed festivals, on the feast days of the Lord?
• English Standard Version (ESV)What will you do on the day of the appointed festival, and on the day of the feast of the Lord?
• New King James Version (NKJV)What will you do in the appointed day, And in the day of the feast of the Lord?

Context of Hosea 9:5

3The Israelites will not remain in the Lord's land. They will have to return to Egypt. In Assyria, they will have to eat food that is unclean. 4They will not pour out wine as an offering to the Lord. Their sacrifices will not please him. Instead, their offerings will be like food that people eat at a funeral. Anyone who eats it becomes unclean. They may eat the food to feed themselves, but they cannot offer it to the Lord in his temple. So what will you do on your festival days? You will no longer be able to worship the Lord properly. 6Listen! Perhaps some Israelites will escape when Assyria's army attacks. But then Egypt's army will take hold of them. They will die in Memphis and people will bury them there. Weeds will grow all over their valuable silver things. Thorn bushes will grow in their homes. 7The time for Israel's punishment has arrived! The Lord must now pay them back for their sins. The Israelites will soon know about it! You do many sins and you hate the Lord. Because of that, you say that his prophets are fools. You think that his messengers are crazy.

Hosea 9:5 word by word

מַֽה־תַּעֲשׂ֖וּ לְי֣וֹם מוֹעֵ֑ד וּלְי֖וֹם חַג־יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• What will ye doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• in the solemnמוֹעֵדmô‛êd mô‛êd mô‛âdâh · meeting: festivalH4150
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of the feastחַגchag châg · feastH2282
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Hosea 9:5

• Isaiah 10:3It will be bad for you on the day when God comes to judge people. You will not escape the punishment that he will bring from far away. There will be nobody to help you. There will be no safe place to hide your valuable things.
• Jeremiah 5:31The prophets speak messages that are not true. The priests make their own rules for people to obey. And my people love to live like this! But when all this comes to an end, my people will be helpless!’
• Hosea 2:11I will stop the festivals that she enjoys each year. I will stop her feasts at the times of a new moon and on Sabbath days. I will stop all her parties.
• Joel 1:13You priests, wear clothes that are not comfortable. That will show that you are sad. You cry, you who serve the Lord in his temple. Come, you who serve in front of my God. Sleep in the clothes that are not comfortable. Cry for the gifts of food and drink. Cry because they do not come to the house of your God any longer.

Commentaries on Hosea 9:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5What will ye do in the solemn day - When ye shall be despoiled of every thing by the Assyrians; for the Israelites who remained in the land after its subjection to the Assyrians did worship the true God, and offer unto him the sacrifices appointed by the law, though in an imperfect and schismatic manner; and it was a great mortification to them to be deprived of their religious festivals in a land of strangers. See Calmet.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5What will ye do in the solemn day? - Man is content to remain far from God, so that God do not show him, that He has withdrawn Himself from him. Man would fain have the power of drawing near to God in time of calamity, or when he himself likes. He would fain have God at his command, as it were, not be at the command of God. God cuts off this hope altogether. he singles out the great festivals, which commemorated His great doings for His people, as though…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. (Ho 2:11).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Hosea 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings