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Hosea 2:11-13
Contemporary English Version
Hosea 2:11-13
Contemporary English Version
11 I'll stop Israel's celebrations—
no more New Moon Festivals,
Sabbaths, or other feasts.
12 She said, “My lovers gave me
vineyards and fig trees
as payment[a] for sex.”
Now I, the Lord, will ruin
her vineyards and fig trees;
they will become clumps of weeds
eaten by wild animals.
13 I'll punish her for the days
she worshiped Baal
and burned incense to him.
I'll punish her for the times
she forgot about me
and wore jewelry and rings
to attract her lovers.
I, the Lord, have spoken!
Footnotes
- 2.12 fig trees … payment: Hosea uses an unusual word for “fig tree,” which is spelled something like the word for “payment.”
Hosea 2:11-13
New International Version
Hosea 2:11-13
New International Version
11 I will stop(A) all her celebrations:(B)
her yearly festivals, her New Moons,
her Sabbath days—all her appointed festivals.(C)
12 I will ruin her vines(D) and her fig trees,(E)
which she said were her pay from her lovers;(F)
I will make them a thicket,(G)
and wild animals will devour them.(H)
13 I will punish her for the days
she burned incense(I) to the Baals;(J)
she decked herself with rings and jewelry,(K)
and went after her lovers,(L)
but me she forgot,(M)”
declares the Lord.(N)
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