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

10But she did not realize that I Myself gave her the grain, the wine and the fresh oil. I lavished on her silver, also gold— which they made into Baal. 11Therefore I will return and take back My grain in its season, and My new wine at its appointed time, and I will snatch away My wool and My linen for covering her nakedness. So now I will uncover her lewdness to the eyes of her lovers, and no one will rescue her from My hand. 13I will also put an end to all her rejoicing— her feasts, her New Moon, her Shabbat, and all her moadim. 14I will also devastate her vines and her fig trees, of which she said: ‘These are my payment that my lovers have given to me.’ But I will turn them into a thicket and beasts of the field will devour them.

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 2:5Or else I will strip her naked and expose her as on the day she was born. Then I will make her like a wilderness. Yes, I will make her like desert land, and I will let her die of thirst.
• Hosea 9:1Do not rejoice, O Israel, do not celebrate like the peoples— for so you have gone whoring away from your God. You have loved a prostitute’s pay, on every grain-threshing-floor.
• Psalms 80:12It sent out its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the river.
• Isaiah 5:5So now, I will make known to you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge, and it will be eaten up. I will break down the fence, and it will be trodden down.
• Isaiah 7:23In that day it will be that every place where there were 1,000 vines worth 1,000 silver shekels will become briers and thorns.
• Isaiah 29:17Will it not be just a very little while before Lebanon turns into a garden, and a garden will seem like a forest?
• Isaiah 32:13for the land of my people, where thorns and briars come up, for all the joyful houses of the jubilant city.
• Jeremiah 26:18“Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: ‘Zion will be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem will become ruins, and the mountain of the House as the high places of a forest.’
• Micah 3:12Therefore, because of you Zion will become a plowed field. Yes, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the Temple Mount will become a high place in a forest.

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)

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• Hosea
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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