Hosea 9:6 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
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Read Full Chapter →The people flee destruction only to find their graves in Egypt; the homes and treasures they prized will be overgrown with weeds.
What Does Hosea 9:6 Mean?
Hosea pictures the flight from ruin. Those who run will not escape; Egypt will gather them and Memphis, a city of tombs, will bury them. Behind them, the pleasant houses they bought with silver are left to nettles, and thorns take over the tents where they once lived. The landscape of their pride becomes a field of weeds.
Earthly security is fragile, and what is hoarded for safety can be lost in a single season. The silver-bought comforts cannot hold back decay when God's blessing is withdrawn, and a treasure with no root in him soon returns to the dust. This is a sober call to lay up what cannot be overgrown or buried. The heart that builds its house on the Lord has a dwelling no thorn can reclaim.
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What does Hosea 9:6 mean?
The people flee destruction only to find their graves in Egypt; the homes and treasures they prized will be overgrown with weeds.