Hosea 2:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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.

I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me - "my rewards," my hire as a harlot (Isaiah 23:17-18); "my lovers" - idols; "destroy ... vines ... and I will make them a forest" (Isaiah 5:6; Isaiah 7:23-24). Fulfilled in the overthrow of Israel by Assyria (Hosea 9:4-5).

Hosea 2:12

12 And I will destroyg 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.