Hosea 9 · Verse 5

Hosea 9:5

What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the Lord?
Hosea 9:5, King James Version

Hosea 9:5 in other translations

BSBWhat will you do on the appointed day, on the day of the LORD’s feast?
WEBWhat will you do in the day of solemn assembly, and in the day of the feast of the LORD?
ASVWhat will ye do in the day of solemn assembly, and in the day of the feast of Jehovah?
YLTWhat do ye at the day appointed? And at the day of Jehovah's festival?
DARBYWhat will ye do in the day of assembly, and in the day of the feast of Jehovah?
BBEWhat will you do on the day of worship, and on the day of the feast of the Lord?
WebsterWhat will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD?

What does Hosea 9:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. (Ho 2:11).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 What 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 9:1-6

The distress to come upon Israel. (Hos. 9:1-6) The approach of the day of trouble. (Hos. 9:7-10) Judgments on Israel. (Hos. 9:11-17) Verses 1-6 Israel gave rewards to their idols, in the offerings presented to them. It is common for those who are niggardly in religion, to be prodigal upon their lusts. Those are reckoned as idolaters, who love a reward in the corn-floor better than a reward in the favour of God and…

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Hosea 9:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מַֽה\־mah-what?H4100
תַּעֲשׂ֖וּta.'a.Suwill you doH6213
לְי֣וֹםle.Yomto [the] day ofH3117
מוֹעֵ֑דmo.'Edan appointed feastH4150
וּלְי֖וֹםu.le.Yomand to [the] day ofH3117
חַג\־chag-[the] festival ofH2282
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Hosea 9:5

  • Isaiah 10:3

    And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

  • Jeremiah 5:31

    The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

  • Hosea 2:11

    I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.

  • Joel 1:13

    Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
what.
Isa 10:3; Jer 5:31
in.
2:11; Joe 1:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Hosea 9:4

    They shall not offer wine offerings to the Lord, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the Lord.

  • Hosea 9:5

    What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the Lord?

  • Hosea 9:6

    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.

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Hosea 9:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Qué haréis el día de la solemnidad, y el día de la fiesta de Jehová?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Que ferez-vous au jour de l’assemblée, et au jour de fête de l’ Éternel?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Was werdet ihr tun am Tage der Feier und am Tage des Festes Jehovas?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quid facietis in die solemni, in die festivitatis Domini?