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11 I’ll put a stop to her mirth,
    along with her celebrations, her New Moons, her Sabbaths,[a] and all of her festive assemblies.
12 I’ll destroy her vines and her fig trees,
    about which she said,
‘These are the earnings that my lovers paid me.
    I’ll make them grow into a forest,
        and the wild animals will eat from them.’
13 I’ll punish her for the time she has devoted to the Baals,[b]
    to whom she burned incense,
and for whom she put on her earrings and jewels
    so she could go after her lovers and forget me,”
        declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:11 So with LXX. MT reads Sabbath
  2. Hosea 2:13 Lit. for the days of the Baalim; i.e. Canaanite deities

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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