God’s Word Translation
Hosea 2:11
11I will put an end to all her celebrations: her annual festivals, her New Moon Festivals, her weekly worship days—all her appointed festivals.
Hosea 2:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
- New International Version (NIV)I will stop all her celebrations: her yearly festivals, her New Moons, her Sabbath days—all her appointed festivals.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And I will put an end to all her mirth, her feasts, her new moons, her Sabbaths, and all her appointed feasts.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will also cause all her mirth to cease, Her feast days, Her New Moons, Her Sabbaths— All her appointed feasts.
Context of Hosea 2:11
9That is why I will take back my grain when it has ripened and my new wine when it’s in season. I will take away the wool and the linen that I gave her to cover her naked body. 10I will show her naked body to her lovers, and no one will rescue her from my power. I will put an end to all her celebrations: her annual festivals, her New Moon Festivals, her weekly worship days—all her appointed festivals. 12I will destroy her grapevines and fig trees. She said that they were gifts from her lovers. I will turn her vineyards into a forest, and wild animals will devour them. 13I will punish her for all the times she burned incense as an offering to other gods—the Baals. She put on her rings and jewelry, and she chased after her lovers. She forgot me,” declares the Lord.
Read all of Hosea 2Hosea 2:11 word by word
וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי֙ כָּל־מְשׂוֹשָׂ֔הּ חַגָּ֖הּ חָדְשָׁ֣הּ וְשַׁבַּתָּ֑הּ וְכֹ֖ל מוֹעֲדָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- I will also cause all her mirthמָשׂוֹשׂmâώôώ · rejoicingH4885
- to ceaseשָׁבַתshâbath · to ceaseH7673
- her feast daysחַגchag châg · feastH2282
- her new moonsחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · month: new moonH2320
- and her sabbathsשַׁבָּתshabbâth · SabbathH7676
- and all her solemn feastsמוֹעֵדmô‛êd mô‛êd mô‛âdâh · meeting: time appointedH4150
Cross-references for Hosea 2:11
- Hosea 9:1Israel, don’t rejoice. Don’t celebrate as other nations do. You have been unfaithful to your God. You have sold sex on every threshing floor.
- Isaiah 24:7New wine dries up, and grapevines waste away. All happy people groan.
- Jeremiah 7:34In the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, I will banish the sounds of joy and happiness and the sounds of brides and grooms, because the land will be a wasteland.”
- Jeremiah 16:9This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I’m going to put a stop to the sounds of joy and happiness and the sounds of brides and grooms in this place. This will happen in your lifetime, while you watch.
- Jeremiah 25:10I will take from them the sounds of joy and happiness, the sounds of brides and grooms, the sound of mills, and the light of lamps.
- Ezekiel 26:13“I will put a stop to your noisy songs, and the music from your harps will no longer be heard.
- Nahum 1:10⌞The people of Nineveh will be⌟ like tangled thorns and like people drunk on their own drink. They will be completely burned up like very dry straw.
- Revelation 18:22The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters will never be heard in it again. A skilled craftsman—regardless of the type of craft— will never be found in it again. The sound of a millstone will never be heard in it again.
- 1 Kings 12:32Jeroboam appointed a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, just like the festival in Judah. He went to the altar in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had made. He appointed priests from the illegal worship sites ⌞to serve⌟ in Bethel.
- Isaiah 1:13Don’t bring any more worthless grain offerings. Your incense is disgusting to me, so are your New Moon Festivals, your days of rest—holy days, and the assemblies you call. I can’t stand your evil assemblies.
- Amos 5:21I hate your festivals; I despise them. I’m not pleased with your religious assemblies.
- Amos 8:3On that day the songs of the temple will become loud cries,” declares the Almighty Lord. “There will be dead bodies scattered everywhere. Hush!”
Commentaries on Hosea 2:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Her feast days - Jerusalem shall be pillaged and destroyed; and therefore all her joyous assemblies, and religious feasts, etc., shall cease.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. 11From the context (Hosea 2:13, 16–17), and similar passages in Isaiah 1:12–17 and Amos 5:21–24, it is clear that the Israelites had corrupted their festivals, new moon celebrations, and Sabbath days. They mixed worship of the Lord with worship of the Canaanite fertility god, Baal. God rejects this syncretism (mixing of different faiths) and declared he would remove these unholy days from Israel’s calendar.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. her feast days--of Jeroboam's appointment, distinct from the Mosaic (1Ki 12:32). However, most of the Mosaic feasts, "new-moons" and "sabbaths" to Jehovah, remained, but to degenerate Israel worship was a weariness; they cared only for the carnal indulgence on them (Am 8:5).Read the comment
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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
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