Hosea 2:12

Hosea 2:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)I will ruin her vines and her fig trees, which she said were her pay from her lovers; I will make them a thicket, and wild animals will devour them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I will lay waste her vines and her fig trees, of which she said, 'These are my wages, which my lovers have given me.' I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall devour them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, Of which she has said, ‘These are my wages that my lovers have given me.’ So I will make them a forest, And the beasts of the field shall eat them.

Context of Hosea 2:12

10And now I will uncover her lewdness and shame In the sight of her lovers, And no one will rescue her from My hand. 11I will also put an end to all her rejoicing, Her feasts, her New Moons, her Sabbaths, And all her festivals. I will destroy her vines and her fig trees Of which she has said, ‘These are my wages Which my lovers have given me.’ And I will make them a forest, And the animals of the open country will devour them. 13And I will punish her for the [feast] days of the Baals, When she used to offer sacrifices and burn incense to them And adorn herself with her earrings and nose rings and her jewelry, And follow her lovers, so that she forgot Me,” says the Lord. 14“Therefore, behold, I will allure Israel And bring her into the wilderness, And I will speak tenderly to her [to reconcile her to Me].

Hosea 2:12 word by word

וַהֲשִׁמֹּתִ֗י גַּפְנָהּ֙ וּתְאֵ֣נָתָ֔הּ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמְרָ֗ה אֶתְנָ֥ה הֵ֙מָּה֙ לִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָֽתְנוּ־לִ֖י מְאַֽהֲבָ֑י וְשַׂמְתִּ֣ים לְיַ֔עַר וַאֲכָלָ֖תַם חַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I will destroyשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: destroyedH8074
• her vinesגֶּ֫פֶןgephen · vineH1612
• and her fig treesתְּאֵנָהte'ên te'ênâh · figH8384
• whereof she hath saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• my rewardsאֶתְנָה'ethnâh · wagesH866
• that my loversאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• have givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: payH5414
• me: and I will makeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• them a forestיַ֫עַרya‛ar · woodH3293
• and the beastsחַיָּהchay · living thingH2416
• of the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• shall eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398

Cross-references for Hosea 2:12

• Hosea 2:5For their mother has played the prostitute; She who conceived them has acted shamefully, For she said, ‘I will pursue my lovers Who give me my food and my water, My wool and my flax, my oil and my [refreshing] drinks.’
• Hosea 9:1Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation as do the [pagan] peoples, For you have played the prostitute, turning away from your God. You have loved prostitutes’ earnings on every threshing floor [attributing the harvest to the Baals instead of to God].
• Psalms 80:12Why have You broken down its walls and hedges, So that all who pass by pick its fruit?
• Isaiah 5:5So now let me tell you what I am going to do to My vineyard: I will take away its thorn-hedge, and it will be burned up; I will break down its stone wall and it will be trampled down [by enemies].
• Isaiah 7:23And it will come to pass in that day, in every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand silver shekels, there will be briars and thorns.
• Isaiah 29:17Is it not yet a very little while Until Lebanon will be turned into a fertile field, And the fertile field regarded as a forest?
• Isaiah 32:13For the land of my people growing over with thorns and briars— Yes, [mourn] for all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
• Jeremiah 26:18“Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Zion will be plowed like a field, And Jerusalem will become [heaps of] ruins, And the mountain of the house [of the Lord—Mount Moriah, on which stands the temple, shall become covered not with buildings, but] like a densely wooded height.” ’
• Micah 3:12Therefore, on account of you Zion shall be plowed like a field, Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, And the mountain of the house [of the Lord] shall become like a densely wooded hill.

Commentaries on Hosea 2:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12These are my rewards - They attributed all the blessings of Providence as rewards received from the idols which they worshipped.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-13Verses 6-13 God threatens what he would do with this treacherous, idolatrous people. They did not turn, therefore all this came upon them; and it is written for admonition to us. If lesser difficulties be got over, God will raise greater. The most resolute in sinful pursuits, are commonly most crossed in them. The way of God and duty is often hedged about with thorns, but we have reason to think it is a sinful way that is hedged up with thorns. Crosses…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-13God's first judgment (Hosea 2:6–7) was to limit the Israelites. This second judgment would take away and destroy what he had given them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. my rewards--my hire as a harlot (Is 23:17, 18). lovers--idols. destroy ... vines ... make ... forest--(Is 5:6; 7:23, 24). Fulfilled in the overthrow of Israel by Assyria (Ho 9:4, 5).Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 2:12

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Forest
• Hedge
• Thorn
• Fig, Fig-Tree
• Food
• God
• Hosea
• Law in the Old Testament
• Song of Songs
• Zechariah, Book of

Commentaries on Hosea 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings