Hos 9:4-5 | JFB | e4.org | 4. offer wine offerings —literally, "pour as a libation ( ). neither shall they be pleasing unto him —as being offered on a profane soil. sacrifices . . . as the bread of mourners —which was unclean ( ). their bread for their soul —their offering for the expiation of their soul [CALVIN ], ( ). Rather, "their bread for their sustenance ('soul' being often used for the animal life, , Margin ) shall not come into the Lord's house"; it shall only subserve their own uses, not My worship.

‏ Hosea 9:4-5

4. offer wine offerings—literally, "pour as a libation (Ex 30:9; Le 23:13).

neither shall they be pleasing unto him—as being offered on a profane soil.

sacrifices . . . as the bread of mourners—which was unclean (De 26:14; Jer 16:7; Eze 24:17).

their bread for their soul—their offering for the expiation of their soul [CALVIN], (Le 17:11). Rather, "their bread for their sustenance ('soul' being often used for the animal life, Ge 14:21, Margin) shall not come into the Lord's house"; it shall only subserve their own uses, not My worship.

5. (Ho 2:11).