Hosea 9:2
New International Version
Threshing floors and winepresses will not feed the people; the new wine will fail them.

New Living Translation
So now your harvests will be too small to feed you. There will be no grapes for making new wine.

English Standard Version
Threshing floor and wine vat shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail them.

Berean Standard Bible
The threshing floor and winepress will not feed them, and the new wine will fail them.

King James Bible
The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her.

New King James Version
The threshing floor and the winepress Shall not feed them, And the new wine shall fail in her.

New American Standard Bible
Threshing floor and wine press will not feed them, And the new wine will fail them.

NASB 1995
Threshing floor and wine press will not feed them, And the new wine will fail them.

NASB 1977
Threshing floor and wine press will not feed them, And the new wine will fail them.

Legacy Standard Bible
Threshing floor and wine press will not feed them, And the new wine will deceive them.

Amplified Bible
The threshing floor and the wine press will no longer feed them, And the new wine will fail them [because they failed to honor the God who provides].

Christian Standard Bible
Threshing floor and wine vat will not sustain them, and the new wine will fail them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Threshing floor and wine vat will not sustain them, and the new wine will fail them.

American Standard Version
The threshing-floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail her.

Contemporary English Version
But you will run short of grain and wine,

English Revised Version
The threshing-floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail her.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
There won't be enough grain to feed people. There won't be enough wine to go around.

Good News Translation
But soon you will not have enough grain and olive oil, and there will be no wine.

International Standard Version
Neither threshing floor nor winepress will sustain them, and the new wine will disappoint her.

Majority Standard Bible
The threshing floor and winepress will not feed them, and the new wine will fail them.

NET Bible
Threshing floors and wine vats will not feed the people, and new wine only deceives them.

New Heart English Bible
The threshing floor and the winepress won't feed them, and the new wine will fail her.

Webster's Bible Translation
The floor and the wine-press shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her.

World English Bible
The threshing floor and the wine press won’t feed them, and the new wine will fail her.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Floor and winepress do not feed them, "" And new wine fails in her,

Young's Literal Translation
Floor and wine-press do not delight them, And new wine doth fail in her,

Smith's Literal Translation
The threshing-floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the wine shall deceive them.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The threshing floor and the oil press will not feed them, and the wine will deceive them.

New American Bible
Threshing floor and wine press will not nourish them, the new wine will fail them.

New Revised Standard Version
Threshing floor and wine vat shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail them.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
But the threshing floor and the winepress shall not satisfy them, and the oil shall fail them.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And from the granary and from the winepress they will not be satisfied, and the oil will fail among them
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The threshing-floor and the wine-press shall not feed them, And the new wine shall fail her.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The threshing-floor and wine-press knew them not, and the wine disappointed them.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Hosea Announces Israel's Punishment
1Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor. 2The threshing floor and winepress will not feed them, and the new wine will fail them. 3They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:38-40
You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it. / You will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them. / You will have olive trees throughout your territory but will never anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off.

Joel 1:10-12
The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails. / Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished. / The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.

Amos 4:6-9
“I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. / “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. / People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. ...

Isaiah 5:10
For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”

Haggai 1:6
You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”

Leviticus 26:26
When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.

Micah 6:14-15
You will eat but not be satisfied, and your hunger will remain with you. What you acquire, you will not preserve; and what you save, I will give to the sword. / You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.

Jeremiah 14:1-4
This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought: / “Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem. / The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads. ...

Ezekiel 4:16-17
Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure. / So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.

Malachi 3:11
I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Matthew 21:19
Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.

Luke 13:6-9
Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. / So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’ / ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it. ...

Mark 11:13-14
Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if there was any fruit on it. But when He reached it, He found nothing on it except leaves, since it was not the season for figs. / Then He said to the tree, “May no one ever eat of your fruit again.” And His disciples heard this statement.

John 15:2
He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.

Romans 8:20-22
For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope / that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. / We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.


Treasury of Scripture

The floor and the wine press shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her.

floor.

Hosea 2:9,12
Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness…

Isaiah 24:7-12
The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh…

Joel 1:3-7,9-13
Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation…

winepress.

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Hosea 9
1. The distress and captivity of Israel for their sins.














The threshing floor and winepress
In ancient Israel, the threshing floor and winepress were central to agricultural life and prosperity. The threshing floor was a place where grain was separated from chaff, symbolizing abundance and sustenance. The winepress, where grapes were crushed to produce wine, represented joy and celebration. In the Hebrew context, these places were not only physical locations but also carried spiritual significance, often associated with God's blessing and provision. The mention of these elements in Hosea underscores the severity of the judgment pronounced upon Israel. The imagery suggests a withdrawal of divine favor, where the usual sources of sustenance and joy are rendered ineffective.

will not feed them
The phrase "will not feed them" indicates a direct consequence of Israel's disobedience and idolatry. In the Hebrew text, the verb used here conveys a sense of deprivation and lack. Historically, Israel's sustenance was seen as a direct blessing from God, contingent upon their faithfulness to the covenant. The failure of the threshing floor and winepress to provide sustenance is a metaphor for spiritual famine, where the people, having turned away from God, find themselves in a state of want and need. This serves as a poignant reminder of the spiritual principle that true nourishment comes from a right relationship with God.

and the new wine
"New wine" in the biblical context often symbolizes freshness, blessing, and the joy of harvest. It is a product of the first pressing of grapes, representing the best and most desirable outcome of the harvest. In the Hebrew tradition, wine is frequently associated with celebration and divine blessing. However, in this verse, the new wine is mentioned in the context of failure, highlighting the reversal of fortune for Israel. This serves as a stark warning that the blessings of God, when taken for granted or misused, can be withdrawn, leading to a loss of joy and prosperity.

will fail them
The phrase "will fail them" conveys a sense of disappointment and unfulfilled expectation. The Hebrew root here suggests a cessation or end, indicating that what was once a source of joy and sustenance will no longer be available. This failure is not merely a natural occurrence but is portrayed as a direct result of Israel's spiritual infidelity. The prophetic message is clear: reliance on material abundance without spiritual fidelity leads to emptiness. This serves as a call to repentance, urging the people to return to God as the true source of all provision and joy.

(2) Winepress.--Read wine-vat (with margin), into which the tirosh, new wine (" grape-juice "), flowed from the winepress. (Comp. Isaiah 5:2.) For "fail in her" read deceive her, with LXX. and Vulgate.

Verse 2. - The floor and the wine-press shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her. Thus Israel was not to enjoy the blessings of the harvest; the corn and oil and new wine, or corn and wine, would not prove as abundant as they expected or plenty would be succeeded by scarcity; or, rather, the people would be prevented enjoying the abundant produce of their land in consequence of being carried away captive to Assyria, as seems implied in the following verse. The floor and press - whether wine-prom, or rather oil-press, as the mention of new wine follows - are put for their contents by a common figure of speech. The expression, "fail in her," is literally, "lie to her," and has many parallels; as, "The labor of the olive shall fail [margin, 'lie']," and Horace's "fundus mendax," equivalent to "a farm that belies his hopes."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The threshing floor
גֹּ֥רֶן (gō·ren)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1637: A threshing-floor, open area

and winepress
וָיֶ֖קֶב (wā·ye·qeḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3342: A trough, a wine-vat

will not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

feed them,
יִרְעֵ֑ם (yir·‘êm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 7462: To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with

and the new wine
וְתִיר֖וֹשׁ (wə·ṯî·rō·wōš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8492: Must, fresh grape-juice, fermented wine

will fail them.
יְכַ֥חֶשׁ (yə·ḵa·ḥeš)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3584: To disappoint, deceive, fail, grow lean


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