Hosea 2:11
And I have caused all her joy to cease, || Her festival, her new moon, and her Sabbath, || Even all her appointed times,
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In Context
10And now I reveal her dishonor before the eyes of her lovers, || And none deliver her out of My hand.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:20and your strength has been consumed in vain, and your land does not give her produce, and the tree of the land does not give its fruit.
Isaiah 1:13Do not add to bring in a vain present, || Incense—it [is] an abomination to Me, || New moon, and Sabbath, calling of convocation! Do not render iniquity—and a restraint!
Jeremiah 7:34And I have caused to cease from cities of Judah, || And from streets of Jerusalem, || The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, || Voice of bridegroom, and voice of bride, || For the land becomes a desolation!”
Jeremiah 25:10And I have destroyed from them the voice of rejoicing, and the voice of joy, voice of bridegroom and voice of bride, noise of millstones, and the light of lamps.
Hosea 3:4For the sons of Israel remain without a king for many days, and there is no prince, and there is no sacrifice, and there is no standing pillar, and there is no ephod and teraphim.
Hosea 9:2Floor and winepress do not feed them, || And new wine fails in her,
Matthew Henry on Hosea 2:7-14
Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 764.) 6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. 7 And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now. 8 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. 9 Therefore… Read the whole commentary →