Hosea 9:1

Context

Fertility Cult Festivals Have Intoxicated Israel

9:1 O Israel, do not rejoice jubilantly¹ like the nations,

for you are unfaithful² to your God.

You love to receive a prostitute's wages³

on all the floors where you thresh your grain.

[9:1] ¹tn Heb “do not rejoice unto jubilation”; KJV “Rejoice not…for joy”; NASB “Do not rejoice…with exultation.”

[9:1] ²tn Heb “you have committed adultery”; NRSV “you have played the whore.”

[9:1] ³tn Heb “you love the wages of the prostitute” (NIV similar); NAB “loving a harlot’s hire.”