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11 I will take away all her fun. I will stop her festivals, her New Moon celebrations, and her days of rest. I will stop all her special feasts. 12 I will destroy her vines and fig trees. She said, ‘My lovers gave these things to me.’ But I will change her gardens—they will become like a wild forest. Wild animals will come and eat from those plants.

13 “Israel served false gods,[a] so I will punish her. She burned incense to those false gods. She dressed up—she put on her jewelry and nose ring. Then she went to her lovers and forgot me.” This is what the Lord has said.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:13 false gods Literally, “Baals.”

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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