Hosea 2:14

And I will destroy her gefanim (vines) and her te'enim (fig trees), 1 whereof she hath said: These are my etnan (harlotʼs wages) 1 that my lovers have given me; 1 and I will make them a forest, 1 and the wild beasts of the sadeh shall devour them. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.

In Context

13I will also cause all her masos (exultation, joy) to cease, 1 her Chag (feast), her Chodesh (New Moons), and her Shabbatot, 1 and all her Mo'adim (appointed feasts). 1

15And I will visit upon her 1 the yamim of Ba'alim, 1 wherein she burned incense to them, 1 and she decked herself with her ring and her jewelry, 1 and she went after her lovers, 1 and forgot Me, saith Hashem. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 34:3And his nefesh had deveykus unto Dinah Bat Ya'akov, and he loved the na'arah, and spoke to the lev hanaarah.

Song of Solomon 1:4Draw me; so will we run after thee; 1 the Melech hath brought me into his chadarim (chambers). 1 We will be glad and rejoice in thee; 1 we will extol dodecha (thy love) more than yayin; 1 uprightly have they loved thee. 1

Isaiah 30:18And therefore will Hashem wait, 1 that He may be gracious unto you, 1 and therefore will He be exalted, 1 that He may have rachamim upon you; 1 for Hashem is Elohei Mishpat; 1 Ashrei are all they that wait for Him.

Isaiah 40:1Comfort ye, comfort ye My people, saith Eloheichem. 1

Isaiah 51:3For Hashem shall comfort Tziyon; 1 He will comfort all her ruins; 1 and He will make her midbar like Eden, 1 and her ruins like the Gan (Garden) of Hashem; 1 sasson and simchah shall be found therein, 1 todah, and the kol zimrah (the sound of singing). 1

Jeremiah 3:12Go and proclaim these devarim toward the north, and say: 1 Return, thou meshuvah Yisroel, saith Hashem; 1 and I will not cast down Mine anger to fall upon you; 1 for I am chasid (displaying chesed, mercy), saith Hashem, 1 and I will not keep anger l'olam. 1

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 →

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