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Hosea 9:6

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— For behold, they will go because of destruction; Egypt will gather them up, Memphis will bury them. Weeds will take over their treasures of silver; Thorns [will be] in their tents.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— For, 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.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— For, 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.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— 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.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— For 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.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— For, though they have gone from destruction, yet, Egypt, shall gather them, Memphis, shall bury them,—as for their silver favorites! thistles, shall possess them, thorns in their tents.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— For, 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.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— For behold they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them together, Memphis shall bury them: nettles shall inherit their beloved silver, the bur shall be in their tabernacles.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— For loe, they are gone from destruction: but Egypt shal gather them vp, and Memphis shall burie them: the nettle shall possesse the pleasant places of their siluer, and the thorne shall be in their tabernacles.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— For loe they are gone, because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them vp, Memphis shall burie them: the pleasant [places] for their siluer, netles shal possesse them: thornes [shall be] in their Tabernacles.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— For, lo, they are gone in the prey; Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them; their valuable things of silver, strangers shall inherit them; thorns shall grow in their tents.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Therefore, behold, they go forth from the trouble of Mizraim{gr.Egypt}, and Noph{gr.Memphis} shall receive them, and Michmash{gr.Machmas} shall bury them: [as for] their silver, destruction shall inherit it; thorns [shall be] in their tents.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Mitzrayim shall gather them up, Mof shall bury them: the pleasant [places] for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns [shall be] in their tabernacles.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
For, x3588
(3588) Complement
כִּי
kiy
{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
lo, x2009
(2009) Complement
הִנֵּה
hinneh
{hin-nay'}
Prolonged for H2005; lo!.
they are gone 1980
{1980} Prime
הָלַךְ
halak
{haw-lak'}
Akin to H3212; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
because of destruction: 7701
{7701} Prime
שֹׁד
shod
{shode}
From H7736; violence, ravage.
x4480
(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
Mixrayim מִצרַיִם 4714
{4714} Prime
מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrayim
{mits-rah'-yim}
Dual of H4693; Mitsrajim, that is, Upper and Lower Egypt.
shall gather them up, 6908
{6908} Prime
קָבַץ
qabats
{kaw-bats'}
A primitive root; to grasp, that is, collect.
z8762
<8762> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 2447
Möf מֹף 4644
{4644} Prime
מֹף
Moph
{mofe}
Of Egyptian origin; Moph, the capital of Lower Egypt.
shall bury 6912
{6912} Prime
קָבַר
qabar
{kaw-bar'}
A primitive root; to inter.
z8762
<8762> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 2447
them: the pleasant 4261
{4261} Prime
מַחְמָד
machmad
{makh-mawd'}
From H2530; delightful; hence a delight, that is, object of affection or desire.
[places] for their silver, 3701
{3701} Prime
כֶּסֶף
keceph
{keh'-sef}
From H3700; silver (from its pale color); by implication money.
nettles 7057
{7057} Prime
קִמּוֹשׂ
qimmowsh
{kim-moshe'}
From an unused root meaning to sting; a prickly plant.
shall possess 3423
{3423} Prime
יָרַשׁ
yarash
{yaw-rash'}
A primitive root; to occupy (be driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
them: thorns 2336
{2336} Prime
חוֹחַ
chowach
{kho'-akh}
From an unused root apparently meaning to pierce; a thorn; by analogy a ring for the nose.
[shall be] in their tabernacles. 168
{0168} Prime
אֹהֶל
'ohel
{o'-hel}
From H0166; a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Hosea 9:6

_ _ because of destruction — to escape from the devastation of their country.

_ _ Egypt shall gather them up — that is, into its sepulchres (Jeremiah 8:2; Ezekiel 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 (Isaiah 34:13).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Hosea 9:1-6.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hosea 9:6

They are gone — Some are already withdrawn from the desolation that cometh. Egypt — In Egypt they hope to be quiet and survive these desolations, but they shall die in Egypt. The pleasant places — Their beautiful houses built for keeping their wealth in. Nettles — Shall be ruined, and lie in rubbish, 'till nettles grow in them.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Hosea 9:6

For, lo, they are gone because of (g) 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.

(g) Even though they think to escape by fleeing the destruction that is at hand, yet they will be destroyed in the place where they flee for help.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
they:

Deuteronomy 28:63-64 And it shall come to pass, [that] as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it. ... And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, [even] wood and stone.
1 Samuel 13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
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.

destruction:
Heb. spoil,
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.

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.
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 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 11:11 They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD.
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 27:12 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
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.

nettles:
or, their silver shall be desired, the nettle shall, etc. Heb. the desire of.
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.
Psalms 107:34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
Proverbs 24:31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
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.
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:
Isaiah 34:13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, [and] a court for owls.
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Dt 28:63. 1S 13:6. 2K 13:7. Ps 107:34. Pv 24:31. Is 5:6; 7:23; 11:11; 27:12; 32:13; 34:13. Ho 7:13, 16; 8:13; 9:3; 10:8; 11:11. Zc 10:10.

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