Hosea 9:4 (WEB)
They won’t pour out wine offerings to the LORD, neither will they be pleasing to him. Their sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat of it will be polluted; for their bread will be for their appetite. It will not come into the LORD’s house.
Fathers and councils · 5
Cyprian of Carthage
“And again: “Their sacrifices are as the bread of mourning; all that eat thereof shall be polluted.”” — editor's note: Hos. ix. 4.
Read the whole comment“…the divine reproof by Hosea the prophet threatens, and says, “Their sacrifices shall be as the bread of mourning; all that eat thereof shall be polluted;” teaching manifestly and showing that all are absolutely bound to the sin who have been contaminated by the sacrifice of a profane and unrighteous priest.” — editor's note: Hos. ix. 4.
Read the whole comment“…by the prophet Osea the Holy Spirit witnesses, and says, “Their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourning; all that thereof shall be polluted;” teaching, doubtless, and showing that all are absolutely joined with the leaders in punishment, who have been contaminated by their crime.” — editor's note: Hos. ix. 4.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“But the feast of the heathen He reproves, as the bread of mourners, and He turns His face from that of the Jews, as being outcasts, saying, ‘Your new moons and your sabbaths My soul hateth.’” — editor's note: Hos. ix. 4.
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Jerome
“And again in the Minor Prophets, “Their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted.”” — editor's note: Hos. ix. 4.
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