Add parallel Print Page Options

10 She did not know
    that it was I who gave her
    the grain, the wine, and the oil,
I who lavished upon her silver,
    and gold, which they used for Baal,[a]
11 Therefore I will take back my grain in its time,
    and my wine in its season;
I will snatch away my wool and my flax,
    which were to cover her nakedness.
12 Now I will lay bare her shame
    in full view of her lovers,(A)
    and no one can deliver her out of my hand.(B)
13 I will put an end to all her joy,
    her festivals, her new moons, her sabbaths—
    all her seasonal feasts.
14 I will lay waste her vines and fig trees,
    of which she said, “These are the fees
    my lovers have given me”;
I will turn them into rank growth
    and wild animals shall devour them.
15 I will punish her for the days of the Baals,[b]
    for whom she burnt incense,
When she decked herself out with her rings and her jewelry,
    and went after her lovers—
    but me she forgot—oracle of the Lord.(C)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 2:10 For Baal: as an offering to Baal or to make statues of Baal.
  2. 2:15 The days of the Baals: feast days of the Baal cult (v. 13), or the whole period of Israel’s apostasy.

10 So now I will expose(A) her lewdness
    before the eyes of her lovers;(B)
    no one will take her out of my hands.(C)
11 I will stop(D) all her celebrations:(E)
    her yearly festivals, her New Moons,
    her Sabbath days—all her appointed festivals.(F)
12 I will ruin her vines(G) and her fig trees,(H)
    which she said were her pay from her lovers;(I)
I will make them a thicket,(J)
    and wild animals will devour them.(K)
13 I will punish her for the days
    she burned incense(L) to the Baals;(M)
she decked herself with rings and jewelry,(N)
    and went after her lovers,(O)
    but me she forgot,(P)
declares the Lord.(Q)

14 “Therefore I am now going to allure her;
    I will lead her into the wilderness(R)
    and speak tenderly to her.
15 There I will give her back her vineyards,
    and will make the Valley of Achor[a](S) a door of hope.
There she will respond[b](T) as in the days of her youth,(U)
    as in the day she came up out of Egypt.(V)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:15 Achor means trouble.
  2. Hosea 2:15 Or sing