Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Hosea 9:4
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Hosea9:4
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; Jr 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.
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