Hosea 9 · Verse 6

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.
Hosea 9:6, King James Version

Hosea 9:6 in other translations

BSBFor even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.
WEBFor, behold, when they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them up. Memphis will bury them. Nettles will possess their pleasant things of silver. Thorns will be in their tents.
ASVFor, lo, they are gone away from destruction; yet Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them; their pleasant things of silver, nettles shall possess them; thorns shall be in their tents.
YLTFor, lo, they have gone because of destruction, Egypt gathereth them, Moph burieth them, The desirable things of their silver, Nettles possess them--a thorn is in their tents.
DARBYFor behold, they are gone away because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Moph shall bury them: their pleasant things of silver, nettles shall possess them; thorns shall be in their tents.
BBEFor see, they are going away into Assyria; Egypt will get them together, Memphis will be their last resting-place; their fair silver vessels will be covered over with field plants, and thorns will come up in their tents.
WebsterFor 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.

What does Hosea 9:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. 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).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 For, 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.

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 9:6 in the original Hebrew

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כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
הִנֵּ֤הhi.Nehthere!H2009
הָֽלְכוּ֙ha.le.Khuthey have goneH1980
מִשֹּׁ֔דmi.Shodfrom [the] devastationH7701
מִצְרַ֥יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
תְּקַבְּצֵ֖םte.ka.be.Tzemit will gather themH6908
מֹ֣ףmofMemphisH4644
תְּקַבְּרֵ֑םte.ka.be.Remit will bury themH6912
מַחְמַ֣דmach.MadtreasureH4261
לְכַסְפָּ֗םle.khas.Pamof silver theirH3701
קִמּוֹשׂ֙ki.mOsnettle[s]H7057
יִֽירָשֵׁ֔םyi.ra.Shemit will take possession of themH3423
ח֖וֹחַCho.achthorn[s]H2336
בְּאָהֳלֵיהֶֽם\׃be.'o.ho.lei.Hem[will be] in tents theirH168

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Cross references for Hosea 9:6

  • Hosea 10:8

    The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.

  • Isaiah 5:6

    And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

  • Isaiah 7:23

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.

  • Hosea 8:13

    They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the Lord accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.

  • Hosea 7:16

    They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

  • Hosea 9:3

    They shall not dwell in the Lord’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.

  • Isaiah 11:11

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

  • Isaiah 32:13

    Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:

  • Zechariah 10:10-11

    I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them. And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.

  • Hosea 7:13

    Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

  • 2 Kings 13:7

    Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.

  • Psalms 107:34

    A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
they.
De 28:63,64; 1Sa 13:6; 2Ki 13:7
destruction. Heb. spoil.
7:13
Egypt.
3; 7:16; 8:13; 11:11; Isa 11:11; 27:12; Zec 10:10,11
the pleasant places for their silver, nettles. or, theirsilver shall be desired, the nettle shall, etc. Heb. the desire of.
10:8; Ps 107:34; Pr 24:31; Isa 5:6; 7:23; 32:13; 34:13

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Context

  • 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.

  • Hosea 9:7

    The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.

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Hosea 9:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque, he aquí se fueron ellos á causa de la destrucción: Egipto los recogerá, Memphis los enterrará: espino poseerá por heredad lo deseable de su plata, ortiga crecerá en sus moradas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car voici, ils s’en sont allés à cause de la dévastation: l’Égypte les rassemblera, Moph les enterrera. Ce qu’ils ont de précieux en objets d’argent, l’ortie les héritera; le chardon est dans leurs tentes.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn siehe, sie sind weggezogen wegen der Zerstörung; Ägypten wird sie sammeln, Moph sie begraben; ihre Kostbarkeiten an Silber werden die Nesseln in Besitz nehmen, Dornen werden in ihren Zelten sein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ecce enim profecti sunt a vastitate: Ægyptus congregabit eos; Memphis sepeliet eos: desiderabile argentum eorum urtica hæreditabit, lappa in tabernaculis eorum.