Hosea 2:12

And will lay waste her vine and her fig- tree, as to which she hath said, A present, are they for myself, which my lovers, have given me,—and I will make of them a thicket, and the wild beasts of the field shall devour them.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.

In Context

11And I will cause to cease all her mirth, her pilgrim-festival, her new moon and her sabbath,—and her every appointed meeting;

13So will I visit upon her the days of the Baals, unto whom she used to burn incense, and decked herself with her nose-ring and her jewelry, and went her way after her lovers,—whereas, me, she forgat, Declareth Yahweh.

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Cross References

Isaiah 5:5Now, therefore, I pray you, let me tell, you, what I am about to do to my vineyard,—To take away the fence thereof And it shall be eaten up, To destroy the wall thereof And it shall be trodden down;

Isaiah 29:17Is it not yet a very little while, And Lebanon shall be turned, into garden land,—And garden land, for a forest, be reckoned?

Jeremiah 8:13I will, surely remove, them, declareth Yahweh: There shall be no grapes on the vine Nor figs on the fig-tree, Even the leaf, hath faded, Though I have given them these things, they shall pass away from them.

Jeremiah 26:18Micah the Morashtite, was prophesying, in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah,—and he spake unto all the people of Judah, saying, thus, saith Yahweh of hosts—Zion, as a field, shall be plowed, And, Jerusalem, into heaps of ruins, shall be turned, And, the mountain of the house, [be] like mounds in a jungle,

Hosea 5:14For, I, will be as a lion unto Ephraim, and as a young lion to the house of Judah,—I, I, will tear in pieces, and depart, I will carry off, and none be able to rescue.

Hosea 13:8I will fall upon them as a bear bereaved, and will read asunder the enclosure of their heart,—that I may devour them there, like a lioness, the wild beast of the field, shall tear them in pieces.

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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