11 “I will also (A)put an end to all her gaiety,
Her (B)feasts, her (C)new moons, her sabbaths
And all her festal assemblies.
12 “I will (D)destroy her vines and fig trees,
Of which she said, ‘These are my wages
Which my lovers have given me.’
And I will (E)make them a forest,
And the (F)beasts of the field will devour them.
13 “I will punish her for the (G)days of the Baals
When she used to [a](H)offer sacrifices to them
And (I)adorn herself with her [b]earrings and jewelry,
And follow her lovers, so that she (J)forgot Me,” declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:13 Or burn incense
  2. Hosea 2:13 Or nose rings

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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