Hosea 9:6

Hosea 9:6 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Even if they escape from destruction, Egypt will gather them, and Memphis will bury them. Their treasures of silver will be taken over by briers, and thorns will overrun their tents.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For behold, they are going away from destruction; but Egypt shall gather them; Memphis shall bury them. Nettles shall possess their precious things of silver; thorns shall be in their tents.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For indeed they are gone because of destruction. Egypt shall gather them up; Memphis shall bury them. Nettles shall possess their valuables of silver; Thorns shall be in their tents.

Context of Hosea 9:6

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. 5So what will you do on your festival days? You will no longer be able to worship the Lord properly. Listen! 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. 8God has sent his prophet to warn the people of Ephraim. But wherever he goes, people try to stop him. They speak angry words against him, even in the temple of his God.

Hosea 9:6 word by word

כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֤ה הָֽלְכוּ֙ מִשֹּׁ֔ד מִצְרַ֥יִם תְּקַבְּצֵ֖ם מֹ֣ף תְּקַבְּרֵ֑ם מַחְמַ֣ד לְכַסְפָּ֗ם קִמּוֹשׂ֙ יִֽירָשֵׁ֔ם ח֖וֹחַ בְּאָהֳלֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For, lo, they are goneהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• because of destructionשֹׁדshôd shôd · violenceH7701
• Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• shall gather them upקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
• Memphisמֹףmôph · MemphisH4644
• shall buryקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912
• them: the pleasantמַחְמָדmachmâd · desireH4261
• for their silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
• nettlesקִמּוֹשׂqimmôsh qîymôsh · nettleH7057
• shall possessיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: possessH3423
• them: thornsחוֹחַchôach · thistleH2336
• in their tabernaclesאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168

Cross-references for Hosea 9:6

• Deuteronomy 28:63At one time, the Lord was happy to help you with good things. He gave you many children. But if you do not obey him, he will be happy to destroy you. He will remove you from the land that will soon become your new home.
• 1 Samuel 13:6The Israelites realized that they would be in big trouble if the Philistines attacked them. Some of them went and hid in caves or among the bushes. Others hid among the rocks, in holes in the ground or in wells.
• 2 Kings 13:7The king of Syria had destroyed most of Jehoahaz's army. All that remained were: 50 soldiers that rode horses. 10 chariots. 10,000 other soldiers. The king of Syria completely destroyed all the rest of the army. Only dust remained!
• Hosea 7:13Terrible trouble will happen to them, because they have gone away from me. They have turned against me, so they will die. I wanted to rescue them, but they have told lies about me.
• Hosea 9:3The 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.
• Hosea 7:16They do not look up to me for help. They are as useless as a bow that cannot shoot an arrow properly. Their leaders are proud of their own strength, but they will die in battle. Then the people of Egypt will laugh at them.’
• Hosea 8:13Israel's people offer sacrifices to me, and they eat the meat from those sacrifices. But their sacrifices do not please me. I know that they are guilty of wicked things. Soon I will punish them for their sins. They will have to return to Egypt.
• Hosea 11:11They will return to me, like birds that fly from Egypt. They will come like doves that fly from Assyria. They will be afraid, as they return. I will bring them back to live in their homes again.’ That is what the Lord says.
• Isaiah 11:11And on that day, the Lord God will bring his people back once again. He will lift up his powerful hand to rescue his people who are still alive. He will bring them back from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Babylonia, Hamath and from countries near the sea.
• Isaiah 27:12At that time, the Lord will shake the tree! He will do that to his people everywhere from the River Euphrates to the Stream of Egypt. Then he will bring together all of you, one by one, you Israelite people.
• Zechariah 10:10I will bring my people back from Egypt, and I will bring them here together from Assyria. I will bring them to Gilead and to Lebanon. There will not be enough room for them all.
• Hosea 10:8The wicked altars on the hills will break into pieces. These are places where Israel's people have done bad things. Thorn bushes and weeds will grow all over their altars. Then the people will say to the mountains, ‘Hide us!’ They will say to the hills, ‘Fall on us!’
• Proverbs 24:31There were weeds and thorn bushes over all the ground. The wall of stones round the field had fallen down.
• Isaiah 5:6I will make the land become useless. Nobody will take care of the vines. Nobody will dig the ground. Weeds and thorn bushes will grow there. I will command the clouds, ‘Do not drop any rain on it.’
• Isaiah 7:23On that day, in every place where there had been 1,000 valuable vines, there will now be only weeds and thorn bushes.

Commentaries on Hosea 9:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6For, lo, they are gone - Many of them fled to Egypt to avoid the destruction; but they went there only to die. Memphis - Now Cairo, or Kahira, found them graves. The pleasant places for their silver - The fine estates or villas which they had purchased by their money, being now neglected and uninhabited, are covered with nettles; and even in their tabernacles, thorns and brambles of different kinds grow. These are the fullest marks of utter desolation.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6For lo, they are gone because of destruction - They had fled, for fear of destruction, to destruction. For fear of the destruction from Assyria, they were fled away and gone to Egypt, hoping, doubtless, to find there some temporary refuge, until the Assyrian invasion should have swept by. But, as befalls those who flee from God, they fell into more certain destruction. Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them - They had fled singly, in making…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Even if some Israelites escaped the Assyrian exile by fleeing to Egypt, God’s judgment would still reach them there.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. because of destruction--to escape from the devastation of their country. Egypt shall gather them up--that is, into its sepulchres (Jr 8:2; Eze 29:5). Instead of returning to Palestine, they should die in Egypt. Memphis--famed as a necropolis. the pleasant places for their silver--that is, their desired treasuries for their money. Or, "whatever precious thing they have of silver" [Maurer]. nettles--the sign of desolation (Is 34:13).Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 9:6

• Backsliders
• Memphis
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In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Memphis
• Egypt, Egyptian
• Bramble
• Cornfloor
• Deeply
• Depart
• Mad
• Miscarrying
• Nettle

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