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Hosea 9:1

American Standard Version

Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, like the peoples; for thou hast played the harlot, departing from thy God; thou hast loved hire upon every grain-floor.

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Hosea 9:1 in other translations

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.

Hosea 9:1 · World English Bible

Hosea 9:1 in context

  1. 1Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, like the peoples; for thou hast played the harlot, departing from thy God; thou hast loved hire upon every grain-floor.
  2. 2The threshing-floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail her.
  3. 3They shall not dwell in Jehovah’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.