Hosea 2:13 “I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to…”

Hosea 2:13

I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she adorned herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.

World English Bible

I will visit on her the days of the Baals, to which she burned incense when she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and went after her lovers and forgot me,” says the LORD.

American Standard Version

And I will visit upon her the days of the Baalim, unto which she burned incense, when she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith Jehovah.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I wil visit vpon her the daies of Baalim, wherein shee burnt incense to them: and shee decked her selfe with her earings and her iewels, and shee folowed her louers, and forgate me, saith the Lord.

Darby Translation

And I will visit upon her the days of the Baals, wherein she burned incense to them, and decked herself with her rings and jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, saith Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

And I have charged on her the days of the Baalim, To whom she maketh perfume, And putteth on her ring and her ornament, And goeth after her lovers, And Me forgat — an affirmation of Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English

And I will give her punishment for the days of the Baals, to whom she has been burning perfumes, when she made herself fair with her nose-rings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, giving no thought to me, says the Lord.

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Cross references

“I will visit”

Hosea 9:7 Exodus 32:34 Jeremiah 23:2 Hosea 9:9

Hosea 9:7 · BSB

The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived— let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.

Exodus 32:34 · BSB

Now go, lead the people to the place I described. Behold, My angel shall go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will punish them for their sin.”

Jeremiah 23:2 · BSB

Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil…

Hosea 9:9 · BSB

They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.

“the days”

Judges 3:7 Hosea 13:1 Judges 2:11–13 Judges 10:6 1 Kings 18:18–40 2 Kings 1:2

Judges 3:7 · BSB

So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.

Hosea 13:1 · BSB

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.

Judges 2:11–13 · BSB

And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.

Judges 10:6 · BSB

And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not…

1 Kings 18:18–40 · BSB

“I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.

2 Kings 1:2 · BSB

Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury…

“she burned”

Hosea 11:2 Jeremiah 7:9 Jeremiah 11:13 Jeremiah 18:15

Hosea 11:2 · BSB

But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.

Jeremiah 7:9 · BSB

Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,

Jeremiah 11:13 · BSB

Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’

Jeremiah 18:15 · BSB

Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.

“she decked”

Ezekiel 23:40–42

Ezekiel 23:40–42 · BSB

Furthermore, you sisters sent messengers for men who came from afar; and behold, when they arrived, you bathed for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry.

“she went”

Hosea 2:5 Hosea 2:7 Jeremiah 2:23–25

Hosea 2:5 · BSB

For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’

Hosea 2:7 · BSB

She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’

Jeremiah 2:23–25 · BSB

“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,

“forgat”

Deuteronomy 6:12 Deuteronomy 8:11–14 Deuteronomy 32:18 1 Samuel 12:9 Job 8:13 Psalm 78:11

Deuteronomy 6:12 · BSB

be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Deuteronomy 8:11–14 · BSB

Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day.

Deuteronomy 32:18 · BSB

You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.

1 Samuel 12:9 · BSB

But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.

Job 8:13 · BSB

Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.

Psalm 78:11 · BSB

They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.

Also

Hosea 13:6 Hosea 8:14 Hosea 4:6 Ezekiel 16:17 Hosea 4:13

Hosea 13:6 · BSB

When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.

Hosea 8:14 · BSB

Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.

Hosea 4:6 · BSB

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

Ezekiel 16:17 · BSB

You also took the fine jewelry of gold and silver I had given you, and you made male idols with which to prostitute yourself.

Hosea 4:13 · BSB

They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12I will destroy her vines and fig trees, which she thinks are the wages paid by her lovers. So I will make them into a thicket, and the beasts of the field will devour them.

14“Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly.

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