King James Version
Hosea 9:1 in the King James Version says “Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upo...” — study this verse from Hosea chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor . upon: or, in, etc”
Hosea 9:1 · KJV
Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor . upon: or, in, etc
The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her. winepress: or, winefat
They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
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not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“Rejoice”
H8055probably to brighten up, i.e., (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
“not O Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“as other people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“for thou hast gone a whoring”
H2181to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“from thy God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“upon every cornfloor”
H1637a threshing-floor (as made even); by analogy, any open area
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