Hosea 2:12-14

EasyEnglish Bible

¹² I will destroy her vines and her fig trees. She said that those were the things that her lovers paid to her. But I will make her gardens become like a forest. Only wild animals will eat the fruit from those trees. ¹³ I will punish her because she burned incense to the idols of Baal. I will punish her because she made herself beautiful with jewels when she went to sleep with her lovers. I will punish her because she did those things but she forgot about me.

That is what the Lord says.

The Lord still loves his people

¹⁴ But listen! One day, I will speak kind words to her. I will lead her into the wilderness. I will tell her that I love her.^[a]