Hosea 2:12
10 And then I will expose her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of My hands.
11 I will put an end to all her exultation: her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths— all her appointed feasts.
I will destroy her vines and fig trees, which she thinks are the wages paid by her lovers. So I will make them into a thicket, and the beasts of the field will devour them.
13 I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.
14 “Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I will destroy her vines and fig trees, which she thinks are the wages paid by her lovers. So I will make them into a thicket, and the beasts of the field will devour them.
- KJV
- And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
- WEB
- I will lay waste her vines and her fig trees, about which she has said, ‘These are my wages that my lovers have given me,’ and I will make them a forest, and the animals of the field shall eat them.
- ASV
- And I will lay waste her vines and her fig-trees, whereof she hath said, These are my hire that my lovers have given me; and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
- DARBY
- And I will make desolate her vine and her fig-tree, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards which my lovers have given me; and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
- BLB
- And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, of which she has said, “My wages, they [are] for me that which my lovers have given to me.” I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field will devour them.
- ÅB
- Og jeg vil ødelegge hennes vintre og hennes fikentre, hvorom hun har sagt: De er min horelønn, som mine elskere har gitt meg. Og jeg vil gjøre dem til skog, og markens dyr skal spise dem.
- OTB
- Jeg vil ødelegge hennes vinstokker og fikentrær, som hun sa: ‘Dette er min lønn fra mine elskere.’ Jeg vil gjøre dem til en krattskog, og ville dyr vil fortære dem.
- B1930
- Og jeg vil ødelegge hennes vintre og hennes fikentre, hvorom hun har sagt: De er min horelønn, som mine elskere har gitt mig. Og jeg vil gjøre dem til skog, og markens dyr skal ete dem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 5:5
Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.
Read in contextIsaiah 7:23
And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.
Read in contextHosea 2:5
For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’
Read in contextHosea 13:8
Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast would tear them apart.
Read in contextJeremiah 8:13
I will take away their harvest, declares the LORD. There will be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the tree, and even the leaf will wither. Whatever I have given them will be lost to them.”
Read in contextJeremiah 26:18
“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’
Read in contextHosea 9:1
Do 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.
Read in contextPsalms 80:12
Why have You broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pick its fruit?
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