Hosea 2:8-13
Modern English Version
8 But she did not know that it was I who provided her
the grain, the wine, and the oil,
and multiplied her silver and gold
that they used for Baal.
9 Therefore I will take back My grain in its time
and My wine in its season,
and I will recover My wool and My flax,
given to cover her nakedness.
10 Therefore I will uncover her shame
in the sight of her lovers,
and no one will deliver her from My hand.
11 I will also bring to an end all her joy,
her annual feasts, her New Moons,
and her Sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies.
12 I will destroy her vines and her fig trees,
of which she has said, “These are my rewards that my lovers have given me.”
I will make them a forest,
and the beasts of the field will eat them.
13 I will punish her for the days of the Baals,
when she burned incense to them
and adorned herself with her earrings and her jewelry,
and pursued her lovers,
but forgot Me,
declares the Lord.
Hosea 2:8-13
Lexham English Bible
8 But she did not know
that it was I who gave her
grain, new wine, and oil,
and who gave her silver in abundance,
and gold which they made into a Baal.
9 Therefore I will take again
my grain in its time,
and my wine in its season;
and I will take away my wool and my flax,
which were to cover her nakedness.
10 And now I will uncover her nakedness
before the eyes of her lovers,
and no one will rescue her from my hand.
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.
Footnotes
- Hosea 2:11 Hebrew “festival”
- Hosea 2:11 Hebrew “new moon”
- Hosea 2:11 Hebrew “Sabbath”
- Hosea 2:11 Hebrew “festival”
- Hosea 2:12 Hebrew “vine”
- Hosea 2:12 Hebrew “fig tree”
- Hosea 2:12 Hebrew “animal”
- Hosea 2:13 Literally “To visit sins upon her;” see 1:4
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