Hosea 9:5 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

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

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

So what are you going to do when the big celebration days come around? When it's time for God's festivals and holy gatherings?

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

When the party's supposed to start, will you even be invited?

📚 Historical Context

Hosea was a prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel around 750-722 BC, delivering God's warnings to a people steeped in idolatry and unfaithfulness to their covenant with Him. In this verse, Hosea poses a rhetorical question about what the Israelites will do during their sacred festivals when divine judgment falls, highlighting the irony that their religious observances would become sources of sorrow rather than joy. This reflects the cultural importance of feasts like Passover or the Day of Atonement, which were meant for genuine worship but were corrupted by the nation's spiritual adultery.

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Leviticus 23:4

These are the Lord's festivals, sacred gatherings that you must announce and celebrate at their appointed times.

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Tell the people of Israel: 'These are the LORD's appointed festivals that you must announce as sacred gatherings, these are my special celebrations.'

Exodus 23:16

And celebrate the harvest festival with the first crops from your work that you planted in the field, and celebrate the gathering festival at the end of the year when you have brought in all your crops from the field.

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