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11 And I will put an end to all her mirth,
    her festivals,[a] her new moons,[b] and her Sabbaths,[c]
        and all her appointed festivals;[d]
12 and I will lay waste to her vines[e] and her fig trees,[f]
    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[g] of the field will devour them.
13 I will punish her[h] 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.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:11 Hebrew “festival”
  2. Hosea 2:11 Hebrew “new moon”
  3. Hosea 2:11 Hebrew “Sabbath”
  4. Hosea 2:11 Hebrew “festival”
  5. Hosea 2:12 Hebrew “vine”
  6. Hosea 2:12 Hebrew “fig tree”
  7. Hosea 2:12 Hebrew “animal”
  8. Hosea 2:13 Literally “To visit sins upon her;” see 1:4

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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