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But she gave all my gifts to Baal. <a href="/esv/hosea/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> And she did not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the wine, and the oil, and who lavished on her silver and gold, which they used for Baal. <a href="/bsb/hosea/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold—which they crafted for Baal. <a href="/kjv/hosea/2.htm">King James Bible</a> For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. <a href="/nkjv/hosea/2.htm">New King James Version</a> For she did not know That I gave her grain, new wine, and oil, And multiplied her silver and gold— Which they prepared for Baal. <a href="/nasb_/hosea/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Yet she does not know that it was I myself who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, And lavished on her silver and gold, Which they used for Baal. <a href="/nasb/hosea/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220For she does not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the new wine and the oil, And lavished on her silver and gold, Which they used for Baal. <a href="/nasb77/hosea/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “For she does not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, And lavished on her silver and gold, Which they used for Baal. <a href="/lsb/hosea/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “Now she does not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, And multiplied silver and gold for her, Which they used for Baal. <a href="/amp/hosea/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “For she (Israel) has not noticed nor understood nor realized that it was I [the LORD God] who gave her the grain and the new wine and the oil, And lavished on her silver and gold, Which they used for Baal and made into his image. <a href="/csb/hosea/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> She does not recognize that it is I who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the fresh oil. I lavished silver and gold on her, which they used for Baal. <a href="/hcsb/hosea/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> She does not recognize that it is I who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil. I lavished silver and gold on her, which they used for Baal. <a href="/asv/hosea/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> For she did not know that I gave her the grain, and the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied unto her silver and gold, which they used for Baal. <a href="/cev/hosea/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> She didn't know that her grain, wine, and olive oil were gifts from me, as were the gold and silver she used in worshiping Baal. <a href="/erv/hosea/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> For she did not know that I gave her the corn, and the wine, and the oil, and multiplied unto her silver and gold, which they used for Baal. <a href="/gwt/hosea/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "She doesn't believe that I gave her grain, new wine, and olive oil. I gave her plenty of silver and gold, but she used it to make statues of Baal. <a href="/gnt/hosea/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> She would never acknowledge that I am the one who gave her the grain, the wine, the olive oil, and all the silver and gold that she used in the worship of Baal. <a href="/isv/hosea/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> She didn't recognize that it was I who provided her grain, wine, and oil, and it was I who gave her silver, while they crafted gold for Baal. <a href="/msb/hosea/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold?which they crafted for Baal. <a href="/net/hosea/2.htm">NET Bible</a> Yet until now she has refused to acknowledge that I was the one who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil; and that it was I who lavished on her the silver and gold--which they used in worshiping Baal! <a href="/nheb/hosea/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For she did not know that I gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied to her silver and gold, which they used for Baal. <a href="/wbt/hosea/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. <a href="/web/hosea/2.htm">World English Bible</a> For she didn’t know that I gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied to her silver and gold, which they used for Baal. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hosea/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And she did not know that I had given to her "" The grain, and the new wine, and the oil. Indeed, I multiplied silver to her, "" And the gold they prepared for Ba‘al. <a href="/ylt/hosea/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And she knew not that I had given to her, The corn, and the new wine, and the oil. Yea, silver I did multiply to her, And the gold they prepared for Baal. <a href="/slt/hosea/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And she knew not that I gave to her grain, and new wine, and new oil, and I multiplied silver to her, and gold they made for Baal.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hosea/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And she did not know that I gave her corn and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver, and gold, which they have used in the service of Baal. <a href="/cpdv/hosea/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And she did not know that I gave her grain and wine and oil, and that I increased her silver and gold, which they made into Baal. <a href="/nabre/hosea/2.htm">New American Bible</a> She did not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the wine, and the oil, I who lavished upon her silver, and gold, which they used for Baal, <a href="/nrsvce/hosea/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> She did not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the wine, and the oil, and who lavished upon her silver and gold that they used for Baal.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hosea/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For she did not know that it was I who gave her wheat and wine and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, some of which they made for the images of Baal. <a href="/hpbt/hosea/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> But she did not know that I gave her grain and wine and oil, and silver and gold I multiplied to her, and from it they made Baal<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/hosea/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For she did not know that it was I that gave her The corn, and the wine, and the oil, And multiplied unto her silver and gold, Which they used for Baal. <a href="/sep/hosea/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And she knew not that I gave her her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied silver to her: but she made silver and gold images for Baal. <a href="/parallel/hosea/2-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=219" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/hosea/2.htm">Israel's Adultery Rebuked</a> …7She 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.’ 8<a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: wə·hî (Conj-w:: Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">For she</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">does not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yā·ḏə·‘āh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">acknowledge</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/595.htm" title="595: ’ā·nō·ḵî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Sometimes; a primitive pro. I.">it was I</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯat·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">who gave</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- ">her</a> <a href="/hebrew/1715.htm" title="1715: had·dā·ḡān (Art:: N-ms) -- Corn, grain (of cereals). From dagah; properly, increase, i.e. Grain.">grain,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8492.htm" title="8492: wə·hat·tî·rō·wōš (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- Or tiyrosh; from yarash in the sense of expulsion; must or fresh grape-juice; by implication fermented wine.">new wine,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3323.htm" title="3323: wə·hay·yiṣ·hār (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- Fresh oil. From tsahar; oil; figuratively, anointing.">and oil,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7235.htm" title="7235: hir·bê·ṯî (V-Hifil-Perf-1cs) -- To be or become much, many or great. A primitive root; to increase.">who lavished</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- ">on her</a> <a href="/hebrew/3701.htm" title="3701: wə·ḵe·sep̄ (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Silver, money. From kacaph; silver; by implication, money.">silver</a> <a href="/hebrew/2091.htm" title="2091: wə·zā·hāḇ (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Gold. From an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky.">and gold—</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">which they crafted</a> <a href="/hebrew/1168.htm" title="1168: lab·bā·‘al (Prep-l, Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Baal -- a heathen god. The same as ba'al; Baal, a Phoenician deity.">for Baal.</a> 9Therefore I will take back My grain in its time and My new wine in its season; I will take away My wool and linen, which were given to cover her nakedness.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-18.htm">Deuteronomy 8:18</a> But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day. <a href="/ezekiel/16-17.htm">Ezekiel 16:17-19</a> You also took the fine jewelry of gold and silver I had given you, and you made male idols with which to prostitute yourself. / You took your embroidered garments to cover them, and you set My oil and incense before them. / And you set before them as a pleasing aroma the food I had given you—the fine flour, oil, and honey that I had fed you. That is what happened, declares the Lord GOD. <a href="/isaiah/1-3.htm">Isaiah 1:3</a> The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.” <a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">Jeremiah 5:7</a> “Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes. <a href="/isaiah/48-5.htm">Isaiah 48:5</a> Therefore I declared it to you long ago; I announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, ‘My idol has done this; my carved image and molten god has ordained it.’ <a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21</a> For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. <a href="/james/1-17.htm">James 1:17</a> Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow. <a href="/acts/14-17.htm">Acts 14:17</a> Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.” <a href="/1_corinthians/4-7.htm">1 Corinthians 4:7</a> For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not? <a href="/isaiah/2-8.htm">Isaiah 2:8</a> Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made. <a href="/jeremiah/44-17.htm">Jeremiah 44:17-18</a> Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster. / But from the time we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been perishing by sword and famine.” <a href="/ezekiel/23-41.htm">Ezekiel 23:41-42</a> You sat on a couch of luxury with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil, / accompanied by the sound of a carefree crowd. Drunkards were brought in from the desert along with men from the rabble, who put bracelets on your wrists and beautiful crowns on your head. <a href="/isaiah/57-6.htm">Isaiah 57:6</a> Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these? <a href="/2_kings/17-15.htm">2 Kings 17:15-16</a> They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate. / They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal. <a href="/psalms/106-19.htm">Psalm 106:19-21</a> At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image. / They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox. / They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.she.<a href="/isaiah/1-3.htm">Isaiah 1:3</a> The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.<a href="/habakkuk/1-16.htm">Habakkuk 1:16</a> Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.<a href="/acts/17-23.htm">Acts 17:23-25</a> For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you… her corn.<a href="/hosea/2-5.htm">Hosea 2:5</a> For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.<a href="/hosea/10-1.htm">Hosea 10:1</a> Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.<a href="/judges/9-27.htm">Judges 9:27</a> And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.wine.<a href="/hosea/4-11.htm">Hosea 4:11</a> Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.<a href="/isaiah/24-7.htm">Isaiah 24:7-9</a> The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh… which they prepared for Baal.<a href="/hosea/8-4.htm">Hosea 8:4</a> They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.<a href="/hosea/13-2.htm">Hosea 13:2</a> And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.<a href="/exodus/32-2.htm">Exodus 32:2-4</a> And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/45-5.htm">Acknowledged</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-9.htm">Baal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-27.htm">Ba'al</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-29.htm">Corn</a> <a href="/ezra/10-15.htm">Employed</a> <a href="/daniel/11-43.htm">Gold</a> <a href="/daniel/1-16.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Lavished</a> <a href="/daniel/12-4.htm">Multiplied</a> <a href="/daniel/1-7.htm">New</a> <a href="/hosea/2-5.htm">Oil</a> <a href="/daniel/2-9.htm">Prepared</a> <a href="/daniel/11-43.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/daniel/10-3.htm">Used</a> <a href="/daniel/10-3.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/5-19.htm">Acknowledged</a> <a href="/hosea/9-10.htm">Baal</a> <a href="/hosea/2-16.htm">Ba'al</a> <a href="/hosea/2-9.htm">Corn</a> <a href="/matthew/25-16.htm">Employed</a> <a href="/hosea/8-4.htm">Gold</a> <a href="/hosea/2-9.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-8.htm">Lavished</a> <a href="/hosea/4-7.htm">Multiplied</a> <a href="/hosea/2-9.htm">New</a> <a href="/hosea/2-22.htm">Oil</a> <a href="/hosea/6-3.htm">Prepared</a> <a href="/hosea/3-2.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/hosea/2-13.htm">Used</a> <a href="/hosea/2-9.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 2</div>1. <a href="/hosea/2-1.htm">The idolatry of the people.</a> 6. <a href="/hosea/2-6.htm">God's judgments against them.</a> 14. <a href="/hosea/2-14.htm">His promises of reconciliation with them.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/hosea/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil This phrase highlights Israel's failure to recognize God's provision. In the agrarian society of ancient Israel, grain, new wine, and oil were essential for sustenance and prosperity. These gifts symbolize God's blessings and provision, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/7-13.htm">Deuteronomy 7:13</a>, where God promises to bless the fruit of the land. The lack of acknowledgment reflects a spiritual blindness and ingratitude, reminiscent of <a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21</a>, where people fail to honor God despite His evident provision.who lavished on her silver and gold Silver and gold represent wealth and prosperity, which God bestowed upon Israel. These metals were often used in trade and as currency, indicating economic stability and success. The abundance of silver and gold can be linked to the prosperity during the reigns of David and Solomon, as described in <a href="/1_kings/10-14.htm">1 Kings 10:14-23</a>. This prosperity was intended to be a blessing, but Israel misused it, forgetting the source of their wealth.which they crafted for Baal This phrase underscores Israel's idolatry, as they used God's gifts to create idols. Baal was a Canaanite deity associated with fertility and weather, and worshiping him was a direct violation of the first commandment (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a>). The crafting of silver and gold into idols is reminiscent of the golden calf incident in <a href="/exodus/32.htm">Exodus 32</a>, where the Israelites turned away from God to worship a man-made image. This idolatry is a recurring theme in the prophetic books, highlighting the spiritual adultery of Israel and their unfaithfulness to God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/h/hosea.htm">Hosea</a> A prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, called by God to deliver messages of judgment and redemption. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The Northern Kingdom, often depicted as an unfaithful wife in Hosea's prophecies, symbolizing the nation's spiritual adultery. 3. <a href="/topical/b/baal.htm">Baal</a> A Canaanite deity, representing idolatry and false worship, which Israel pursued instead of remaining faithful to God. 4. <a href="/topical/g/grain,_new_wine,_and_oil.htm">Grain, New Wine, and Oil</a> Symbols of God's provision and blessings, which Israel attributed to false gods. 5. <a href="/topical/s/silver_and_gold.htm">Silver and Gold</a> Wealth and resources given by God, misused by Israel to create idols.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/a/acknowledging_god's_provision.htm">Acknowledging God's Provision</a> Recognize that all blessings and resources come from God, not from our own efforts or false idols. <a href="/topical/a/avoiding_idolatry.htm">Avoiding Idolatry</a> Be vigilant against modern forms of idolatry, such as materialism or placing anything above God in our lives. <a href="/topical/g/gratitude_and_stewardship.htm">Gratitude and Stewardship</a> Cultivate a heart of gratitude for God's gifts and use them wisely for His glory, not for selfish or idolatrous purposes. <a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_to_god.htm">Faithfulness to God</a> Stay faithful to God, understanding that spiritual adultery leads to separation from His blessings. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a> Embrace repentance as a path to restoration, acknowledging our failures and returning to God with a sincere heart.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hosea_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hosea 2</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'reap_the_whirlwind'_mean.htm">What does 'sow the wind, reap the whirlwind' mean?</a> <a href="/q/why_did_assyria_conquer_israel.htm">Why did Assyria conquer Israel?</a> <a href="/q/is_hosea_2_9-10's_punishment_ungentle.htm">Does the punishment in Hosea 2:9-10, removing necessities from Israel, contradict God's supposed gentleness in other biblical passages?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_hosea_3_1_align_with_scripture.htm">How can we reconcile the command in Hosea 3:1 for a prophet to marry a prostitute with moral standards presented elsewhere in Scripture?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hosea/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) Translate in the present tense: and she knows not that it is I who gave, &c. This yearning of Jehovah over the results of his chastisements is a wonderful anticipation of Luke 15.Corn, and wine . . .--Corn, wine, and oil are here mentioned as the chief indigenous products of Canaan (<a href="/genesis/27-28.htm" title="Therefore God give you of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:">Genesis 27:28</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/33-28.htm" title="Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be on a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.">Deuteronomy 33:28</a>, &c.). Gold was largely imported from Ophir (probably the west coast of India, where Tamil is spoken: Delitzsch, Genesis, pp. 258-9. On the other hand, Fried. Delitzsch, in his work on the Site of Paradise, p. 99, holds that Ophir was a coast or island between the north end of the Persian Gulf and the south-west corner of Arabia). Silver was obtained from Tarshish, through Ph?nician markets. Observe that Israel at this time abounded in the possession of precious metals. (Comp. <a href="/isaiah/2-7.htm" title="Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:">Isaiah 2:7</a>; Wilkins, Ph?nicia and Israel, pp. 111-116.)Which they . . . Baal.--They have transformed Jehovah's gift into an image of Baal. Baal-worship was anterior to calf-worship (Judges 2, 3, 8), and was diametrically opposed to Jehovah-worship, as gross Pantheism is to pure and stern Monotheism.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 8. - For she din not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. From vers. 6 to 13 inclusive, the suffering and sorrow consequent on, and occasioned by, her sins are enumerated; yet now and again certain aggravations of her guilt crop up. Here we have an account of her ignorance of, and ingratitude to, the true and or of her mercies, together with her sinful misuse and sad abuse of those mercies. The products of the earth which God bestowed on her were corn and wine and oil - all that was needed for food, refreshment, and even luxury; the prosperity in trade or commerce with which he favored her resulted in the multiplied increase of silver and gold. The perversion of these blessings consisted in her employment of them in the service of Baal or of idolatry in general. The sin of refusing to acknowledge the Author of such manifold mercies was grievously augmented by this gross abuse of them. The last clause is a relative one, asher, as frequently being understood; while the words asu labbaal do not signify that they made those metals into images of Baal, as implied in the Authorized Version; nor vet that they offered them to Baal according to Gesenius; but that they prepared or employed them in the worship of that idol and the service of idolatry in general. דֶגן rad. דגה, to cover, multiply, i.e. multitude and plenty covering ever everything; comp. tego, תֶירושׁ rad. ירשׁ, take possession of the brain in intoxicating: יצהר, rad. צהר, to shine. Kimchi remarks as follows: "All the goodness in the possession of which she was, she had not except from me; because I sent my blessing on the corn and wine and oil, and sent my blessing upon the work of their hands, so that they had abundance of silver and gold; but Jeshurun waxed fat and kicked." <a href="/commentaries/hosea/2-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>For she וְהִיא֙ (wə·hî) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are does not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no acknowledge יָֽדְעָ֔ה (yā·ḏə·‘āh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> To know that כִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction it was I אָֽנֹכִי֙ (’ā·nō·ḵî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_595.htm">Strong's 595: </a> I who gave נָתַ֣תִּי (nā·ṯat·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set her לָ֔הּ (lāh) Preposition | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> grain, הַדָּגָ֖ן (had·dā·ḡān) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1715.htm">Strong's 1715: </a> Corn, grain (of cereals) new wine וְהַתִּיר֣וֹשׁ (wə·hat·tî·rō·wōš) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8492.htm">Strong's 8492: </a> Must, fresh grape-juice, fermented wine and oil, וְהַיִּצְהָ֑ר (wə·hay·yiṣ·hār) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3323.htm">Strong's 3323: </a> Oil, anointing who lavished הִרְבֵּ֥יתִי (hir·bê·ṯî) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7235.htm">Strong's 7235: </a> To be or become much, many or great her לָ֛הּ (lāh) Preposition | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> with silver וְכֶ֨סֶף (wə·ḵe·sep̄) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3701.htm">Strong's 3701: </a> Silver, money and gold— וְזָהָ֖ב (wə·zā·hāḇ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2091.htm">Strong's 2091: </a> Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky which was crafted עָשׂ֥וּ (‘ā·śū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make for Baal. לַבָּֽעַל׃ (lab·bā·‘al) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1168.htm">Strong's 1168: </a> Baal -- a heathen god <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/2-8.htm">Hosea 2:8 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/hosea/2-8.htm">Hosea 2:8 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/hosea/2-8.htm">Hosea 2:8 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/hosea/2-8.htm">Hosea 2:8 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/hosea/2-8.htm">Hosea 2:8 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/2-8.htm">Hosea 2:8 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/2-8.htm">Hosea 2:8 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/2-8.htm">Hosea 2:8 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/2-8.htm">Hosea 2:8 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/hosea/2-8.htm">Hosea 2:8 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/hosea/2-8.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 2:8 For she did not know that (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/2-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 2:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 2:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/2-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 2:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 2:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>