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12 and I will lay waste to her vines[a] and her fig trees,[b]
    of which she said,
        “They are my payment for prostitution,
    which my lovers gave to me.”
I will make them a forest,
    and the wild animals[c] of the field will devour them.
13 I will punish her[d] for the days of the Baals,
    to whom she burns incense,
and she decked herself with her ornamental ring and jewelry,
    and she went after her lovers, and forgot me
        —a declaration of Yahweh.
14 Therefore, Look! I am going to allure her
    and bring her into the desert,
        and I will speak tenderly to her.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:12 Hebrew “vine”
  2. Hosea 2:12 Hebrew “fig tree”
  3. Hosea 2:12 Hebrew “animal”
  4. Hosea 2:13 Literally “To visit sins upon her;” see 1:4
  5. Hosea 2:14 Literally “I will speak to her heart”