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But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD. <a href="/kjv/hosea/2.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/hosea/2.htm">New King James Version</a> I will punish her For the days of the Baals to which she burned incense. She decked herself with her earrings and jewelry, And went after her lovers; But Me she forgot,” says the LORD. <a href="/nasb_/hosea/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “I will punish her for the days of the Baals When she used to offer sacrifices to them And adorn herself with her nose ring and jewelry, And follow her lovers, so that she forgot Me,” declares the LORD. <a href="/nasb/hosea/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220I will punish her for the days of the Baals When she used to offer sacrifices to them And adorn herself with her earrings and jewelry, And follow her lovers, so that she forgot Me,&#8221 declares the LORD. <a href="/nasb77/hosea/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And I will punish her for the days of the Baals When she used to offer sacrifices to them And adorn herself with her earrings and jewelry, And follow her lovers, so that she forgot Me,” declares the LORD. <a href="/lsb/hosea/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> So I will visit the days of the Baals upon her When she used to offer offerings in smoke to them And adorn herself with her earrings and jewelry And go after her lovers, so that she forgot Me,” declares Yahweh. <a href="/amp/hosea/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “And I will punish her for the [feast] days of the Baals, When she used to offer sacrifices and burn incense to them And adorn herself with her earrings and nose rings and her jewelry, And follow her lovers, so that she forgot Me,” says the LORD. <a href="/csb/hosea/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> And I will punish her for the days of the Baals, to which she burned incense. She put on her rings and her jewelry and followed her lovers, but she forgot me. This is the LORD’s declaration. <a href="/hcsb/hosea/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> And I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, put on her rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers, but forgot Me. This is the LORD&#8217s declaration. <a href="/asv/hosea/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/hosea/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I'll punish her for the days she worshiped Baal and burned incense to him. I'll punish her for the times she forgot about me and wore jewelry and rings to attract her lovers. I, the LORD, have spoken! <a href="/erv/hosea/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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 the LORD. <a href="/gwt/hosea/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I 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. <a href="/gnt/hosea/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> I will punish her for the times that she forgot me, when she burned incense to Baal and put on her jewelry to go chasing after her lovers. The LORD has spoken. <a href="/isv/hosea/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> I'll punish her for the time she has devoted to the Baals, to whom she burned incense, and for whom she put on her earrings and jewels so she could go after her lovers and forget me," declares the LORD. <a href="/msb/hosea/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/hosea/2.htm">NET Bible</a> "I will punish her for the festival days when she burned incense to the Baal idols; she adorned herself with earrings and jewelry, and went after her lovers, but she forgot me!" says the LORD. <a href="/nheb/hosea/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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. <a href="/wbt/hosea/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, in which she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her ear-rings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgot me, saith the LORD. <a href="/web/hosea/2.htm">World English Bible</a> 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 Yahweh. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hosea/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And I have charged on her the days of the Ba‘alim, "" To whom she makes incense, "" And puts on her ring and her ornament, "" And goes after her lovers, "" And forgot Me,” a declaration of YHWH. <a href="/ylt/hosea/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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. <a href="/slt/hosea/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And I reviewed upon her the days of the Baals, which she will burn incense to them, and she will be decked with her earring and her necklace, and she will go after those loving her, and she forget me, says Jehovah.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hosea/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, to whom she burnt incense, and decked herself out with her earrings, and with her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, saith the Lord. <a href="/cpdv/hosea/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And I will inflict on her the days of the Baals, for whom she burned incense, and ornamented herself with earrings and necklace, and went after her lovers, and forgot about me,” says the Lord. <a href="/nabre/hosea/2.htm">New American Bible</a> I will punish her for the days of the Baals, for whom she burnt incense, When she decked herself out with her rings and her jewelry, and went after her lovers— but me she forgot—oracle of the LORD. <a href="/nrsvce/hosea/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> I will punish her for the festival days of the Baals, when she offered incense to them and decked herself with her ring and jewelry, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, says the LORD.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hosea/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And I will punish her for the evils of the days of Baal, in which she burned incense to him and decked herself with her earrings and her pearls and went after her lovers and forgot me, says the LORD. <a href="/hpbt/hosea/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And I shall issue a charge against her, the days of Baal, when she was placing incense in them and she took her earrings and her pearls and she went after her lovers and she has forgotten me, says LORD JEHOVAH<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/hosea/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And I will visit upon her the days of the Baalim, Wherein she offered unto them, And decked herself with her ear-rings and her jewels, And went after her lovers, And forgot Me, saith the LORD. <a href="/sep/hosea/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And I will recompense on her the days of Baalim, wherein she sacrificed to them, and put on her ear-rings, and her necklaces, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, saith the Lord. <a href="/parallel/hosea/2-13.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=275" 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> …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. 13<a href="/hebrew/6485.htm" title="6485: ū·p̄ā·qaḏ·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To attend to, visit, muster, appoint. A primitive root; to visit; by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.">I will punish</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·le·hā (Prep:: 3fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">her</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yə·mê (N-mpc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">for the days</a> <a href="/hebrew/1168.htm" title="1168: hab·bə·‘ā·lîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Baal -- a heathen god. The same as ba'al; Baal, a Phoenician deity.">of the Baals</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">when</a> <a href="/hebrew/6999.htm" title="6999: taq·ṭîr (V-Hifil-Imperf-3fs) -- To make sacrifices smoke. A primitive root; to smoke, i.e. Turn into fragrance by fire.">she burned incense to them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep-l:: Pro-3mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/5710.htm" title="5710: wat·ta·‘aḏ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to advance, i.e. Pass on or continue; causatively, to remove; specifically, to bedeck.">when she decked herself</a> <a href="/hebrew/5141.htm" title="5141: niz·māh (N-msc:: 3fs) -- A ring (worn as an ornament). From an unused root of uncertain meaning; a nose-ring.">with rings</a> <a href="/hebrew/2484.htm" title="2484: wə·ḥel·yā·ṯāh (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 3fs) -- Jewelry. Feminine of chaliy; a trinket.">and jewelry,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: wat·tê·leḵ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">and went</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê (Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">after</a> <a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: mə·’a·hă·ḇe·hā (V-Piel-Prtcpl-mpc:: 3fs) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">her lovers.</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’ō·ṯî (Conj-w:: DirObjM:: 1cs) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">But Me</a> <a href="/hebrew/7911.htm" title="7911: šā·ḵə·ḥāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To forget. Or shakeach; a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. To be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention.">she forgot,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um- (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD.</a> <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="/jeremiah/2-32.htm">Jeremiah 2:32</a> Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number. <a href="/ezekiel/16-22.htm">Ezekiel 16:22</a> And in all your abominations and acts of prostitution, you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your own blood. <a href="/isaiah/57-8.htm">Isaiah 57:8</a> Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness. <a href="/jeremiah/3-20.htm">Jeremiah 3:20</a> But as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. <a href="/ezekiel/23-35.htm">Ezekiel 23:35</a> Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have forgotten Me and have cast Me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your indecency and prostitution.’” <a href="/isaiah/17-10.htm">Isaiah 17:10</a> For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines— <a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm">Jeremiah 2:13</a> “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water. <a href="/ezekiel/16-43.htm">Ezekiel 16:43</a> Because you did not remember the days of your youth, but enraged Me with all these things, I will surely bring your deeds down upon your own head, declares the Lord GOD. Have you not committed this lewdness on top of all your other abominations? <a href="/isaiah/1-29.htm">Isaiah 1:29</a> Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen. <a href="/jeremiah/2-28.htm">Jeremiah 2:28</a> But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah. <a href="/ezekiel/23-40.htm">Ezekiel 23:40</a> 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. <a href="/isaiah/65-11.htm">Isaiah 65:11</a> But you who forsake the LORD, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny, <a href="/jeremiah/11-13.htm">Jeremiah 11:13</a> 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.’ <a href="/ezekiel/6-9.htm">Ezekiel 6:9</a> Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations. <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.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And I will visit on 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 forgot me, said the LORD.I will visit.<a href="/hosea/9-7.htm">Hosea 9:7,9</a> The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred… <a href="/exodus/32-34.htm">Exodus 32:34</a> Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.<a href="/jeremiah/23-2.htm">Jeremiah 23:2</a> Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD.the days.<a href="/hosea/9-10.htm">Hosea 9:10</a> I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.<a href="/hosea/13-1.htm">Hosea 13:1</a> When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.<a href="/judges/2-11.htm">Judges 2:11-13</a> And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim: … she burned.<a href="/hosea/11-2.htm">Hosea 11:2</a> As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.<a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">Jeremiah 7:9</a> Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;<a href="/jeremiah/11-13.htm">Jeremiah 11:13</a> For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.she decked.<a href="/ezekiel/23-40.htm">Ezekiel 23:40-42</a> And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments, … she went.<a href="/hosea/2-5.htm">Hosea 2:5,7</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="/jeremiah/2-23.htm">Jeremiah 2:23-25</a> How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways; … forgat.<a href="/deuteronomy/6-12.htm">Deuteronomy 6:12</a> Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.<a href="/deuteronomy/8-11.htm">Deuteronomy 8:11-14</a> Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/16-11.htm">Adorn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-14.htm">Baalim</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-14.htm">Baals</a> <a href="/daniel/11-33.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-40.htm">Decked</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-29.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-12.htm">Earrings</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-12.htm">Ear-Rings</a> <a href="/daniel/11-21.htm">Fair</a> <a href="/hosea/2-7.htm">Follow</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-17.htm">Forgat</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-17.htm">Forgot</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-12.htm">Herself</a> <a href="/daniel/2-46.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-40.htm">Jewelry</a> <a href="/daniel/11-38.htm">Jewels</a> <a href="/hosea/2-7.htm">Lovers</a> <a href="/daniel/12-11.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/ezekiel/19-9.htm">Nose-Rings</a> <a href="/daniel/2-46.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/daniel/11-18.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-15.htm">Ornament</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-22.htm">Perfume</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-35.htm">Perfumes</a> <a href="/hosea/1-4.htm">Punish</a> <a href="/hosea/1-4.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/daniel/6-17.htm">Ring</a> <a href="/daniel/6-17.htm">Rings</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-24.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/hosea/2-8.htm">Used</a> <a href="/hosea/1-4.htm">Visit</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-19.htm">Wherein</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/23-29.htm">Adorn</a> <a href="/hosea/2-17.htm">Baalim</a> <a href="/hosea/2-17.htm">Baals</a> <a href="/hosea/6-6.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/revelation/17-4.htm">Decked</a> <a href="/hosea/2-16.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/genesis/35-4.htm">Earrings</a> <a href="/genesis/35-4.htm">Ear-Rings</a> <a href="/hosea/9-6.htm">Fair</a> <a href="/hosea/5-11.htm">Follow</a> <a href="/genesis/40-23.htm">Forgat</a> <a href="/hosea/13-6.htm">Forgot</a> <a href="/hosea/8-9.htm">Herself</a> <a href="/hosea/4-13.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-3.htm">Jewelry</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-16.htm">Jewels</a> <a href="/hosea/8-9.htm">Lovers</a> <a href="/hosea/7-1.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/exodus/35-22.htm">Nose-Rings</a> <a href="/hosea/4-4.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/hosea/11-2.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/micah/2-8.htm">Ornament</a> <a href="/hosea/11-2.htm">Perfume</a> <a href="/hosea/11-2.htm">Perfumes</a> <a href="/hosea/4-9.htm">Punish</a> <a href="/hosea/4-9.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/haggai/2-23.htm">Ring</a> <a href="/hosea/10-10.htm">Rings</a> <a href="/hosea/4-19.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/hosea/12-10.htm">Used</a> <a href="/hosea/4-9.htm">Visit</a> <a href="/hosea/8-8.htm">Wherein</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>I will punish her for the days of the Baals This phrase refers to the period when Israel engaged in idolatry, worshiping the Canaanite gods known as the Baals. The Baals were fertility deities, and their worship often involved immoral practices. This idolatry was a direct violation of the first commandment (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a>) and a betrayal of the covenant relationship between God and Israel. The punishment signifies God's justice and His intolerance of idolatry, reflecting His desire for Israel's repentance and return to faithfulness.when she burned incense to them Burning incense was a common practice in ancient Near Eastern religious rituals, symbolizing prayers or offerings to the gods. In the context of Israel, this act was a form of worship that should have been directed solely to Yahweh (<a href="/exodus/30-7.htm">Exodus 30:7-9</a>). The use of incense in worshiping the Baals highlights the depth of Israel's apostasy and spiritual adultery, as they adopted pagan practices contrary to God's commands.when she adorned herself with rings and jewelry Adorning with rings and jewelry suggests preparation for a significant event or relationship, often associated with marriage or courtship. In this context, it symbolizes Israel's attempt to attract and please the false gods, akin to a bride preparing for her groom. This imagery underscores the betrayal of Israel, as they sought after other gods instead of remaining faithful to Yahweh, their true husband (<a href="/isaiah/54-5.htm">Isaiah 54:5</a>).and went after her lovers The term "lovers" metaphorically represents the foreign nations and their gods that Israel pursued, forsaking their covenant with Yahweh. This pursuit of other deities is likened to adultery, emphasizing the unfaithfulness of Israel. The prophets frequently used marital imagery to describe Israel's relationship with God, portraying idolatry as spiritual infidelity (<a href="/jeremiah/3-20.htm">Jeremiah 3:20</a>).But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD Forgetting God indicates a deliberate neglect of the covenant relationship and the blessings and laws given to Israel. This forgetfulness is not merely a lapse in memory but a willful disregard for God's presence and commandments. The declaration by the LORD highlights His personal involvement and the pain of being forgotten by His chosen people. It serves as a call to repentance and a reminder of the consequences of turning away from God (<a href="/deuteronomy/8-11.htm">Deuteronomy 8:11-14</a>).<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 a message 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/baals.htm">Baals</a> Canaanite deities that Israel worshiped, representing idolatry and unfaithfulness to God. 4. <a href="/topical/l/lovers.htm">Lovers</a> Symbolic of the foreign nations and false gods that Israel pursued instead of remaining faithful to Yahweh. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a> The covenant God of Israel, who is both just in His punishment and merciful in His desire for Israel's repentance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/i/idolatry's_consequences.htm">Idolatry's Consequences</a> Just as Israel faced consequences for worshiping Baals, modern believers must be wary of placing anything above God in their lives. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_adultery.htm">Spiritual Adultery</a> The metaphor of unfaithfulness serves as a warning against compromising our relationship with God through sin or distraction. <a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_judgment.htm">God's Righteous Judgment</a> God's punishment is a response to Israel's sin, reminding us of His holiness and justice. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_forgetfulness.htm">The Danger of Forgetfulness</a> Forgetting God leads to spiritual decline; we must actively remember and prioritize our relationship with Him. <a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a> Despite judgment, God's ultimate desire is for His people to return to Him, offering hope and restoration.<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/evidence_for_idolatry_in_hosea_2_13.htm">Is there archaeological or historical evidence supporting the idolatry practices described in Hosea 2:13? </a> <a href="/q/how_do_hosea_2_19-20_vows_fit_with_god's_covenant.htm">How do the vows of renewed betrothal in Hosea 2:19–20 fit with earlier scriptures that suggest God’s covenant with Israel was already established and unbreakable? </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 href="/q/evidence_of_ephraim's_idol_worship.htm">Hosea 13:2: Given the claim of idol-making by Ephraim, where is the archaeological evidence that confirms or challenges such extensive idol worship at that time and place?</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>(13) The days of Baalim.--The plural Baalim refers to the worship of the same deity in different places, with distinguishing local characteristics. Thus there was a Baal-Zephon, a Baal-Hermon, a Baal-Gad, &c. (See W. R. Smith, Old Testament in the Jewish Church, p. 229.) "The days of Baalim" mean the whole period during which Baal has been worshipped by the faithless Israel.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 13. - And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her ear-rings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forget me, saith the Lord. The name of Baalim, that is, Baals in the plural, has respect to the various forms of the Baal-idolatry,or modification of the Baal-worship; for example, Baal-peor, Baal-be-rith, Baal-zebub, Baal-perazim, Baal-zephon, Baal-zamar, Baal-shalishu. The name of Baal came to be used generally as the designation of any idol or false god. The days of the Baals were the days consecrated to Baal, and on which the worship of the true God was transferred to that idol. It matters little whether we render "wherein" or "to whom," referring to ימי, in which case, however, we should expect בם, though the latter answers better to the meaning of the preposition le in להם. After mentioning the object of their idolatrous worship, he specifies the manner of it, which was the burning of incense, the part of the process being employed by synecdoche for the whole. Every mincha, or meat offering, which was presented by itself as a free-will offering was accompanied with frankincense; every day, morning and evening, incense was burnt in the holy place; while on the great Day of Atone-meat the high priest carried a censer of coals from the golden altar into the holiest of all and there burnt incense before the mercy-seat. But the word has often a wider sense than that of burning incense, and is applied to the offering of any sacrifice whatever. Just as the festivals of Jehovah were transferred to Baal, so his service was turned into that of Baal. Titus Israel prostituted herself and acted the part of a spiritual adulteress by her worship of idols. The same unsavory figure is resumed; and her assiduous efforts to worship the idol acceptably and propitiate his favor is presented under the figure of a whorish woman decking herself with meretricious ornaments - nose-rings and jewels, thus making up by artificial means for the lack of natural beauty - to attract the attention and gain the admiration of her lovers. Thus Aben Ezra: "The meaning of ותעד is metaphorical in allusion to a whorish woman who puts a nose-ring in her nose and a necklace on her neck to make herself beautiful, in order to find favor in the eves of the adulterer." The word עַד has for its verbal root עדה, to overstep the boundary, transgress, plunder, draw to one's self, put on; while חֶלְיָה, (masculine חְלַיִ) is from חלה, to rub, polish, be smooth. But when all fails to draw lovers unto her, she casts aside the last remaining fragment of female delicacy, and goes in pursuit of lovers. Thus did Israel. She put Baal or other idols in place of Jehovah; she made a transfer of Jehovah's festivals to Baal; she burnt incense or offered sacrifice to her idol instead of the true God; she went to great pains to secure the acceptance of her false deities; "and me," says Jehovah very emphatically," she forgat;" that is, me the true God, her bountiful Benefactor, her gracious Lord. and loving Husband, she forgot. The visitation expressed by פקד with accusative of the thing, and על before the person, is commented by Kimchi as follows: "For the transgressions of her (Israel's) iniquity in the exile I will visit upon her the time that she served Baalim; and I will let them remain long in exile for punishment, because they have left my service and served other gods. And even upon children's children shall come this punishment, although they do not serve strange gods in exile; thus is the sentence [literally, 'judgment'] of their punishment, because their children's children shall not be perfect in the service of God and in his commandments in exile, therefore thus shall the iniquity of their fathers who served strange gods unite with their own punishment." <a href="/commentaries/hosea/2-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>I will punish וּפָקַדְתִּ֣י (ū·p̄ā·qaḏ·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6485.htm">Strong's 6485: </a> To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit her עָלֶ֗יהָ (‘ā·le·hā) Preposition | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against for the days יְמֵ֤י (yə·mê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day of the Baals הַבְּעָלִים֙ (hab·bə·‘ā·lîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1168.htm">Strong's 1168: </a> Baal -- a heathen god when אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that she burned incense to them, תַּקְטִ֣יר (taq·ṭîr) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6999.htm">Strong's 6999: </a> To smoke, turn into fragrance by fire when she decked herself וַתַּ֤עַד (wat·ta·‘aḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5710.htm">Strong's 5710: </a> To advance, pass on, continue, to remove, to bedeck with rings נִזְמָהּ֙ (niz·māh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5141.htm">Strong's 5141: </a> A ring (worn as an ornament) and jewelry, וְחֶלְיָתָ֔הּ (wə·ḥel·yā·ṯāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2484.htm">Strong's 2484: </a> A trinket and went וַתֵּ֖לֶךְ (wat·tê·leḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk after אַחֲרֵ֣י (’a·ḥă·rê) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> The hind or following part her lovers. מְאַהֲבֶ֑יהָ (mə·’a·hă·ḇe·hā) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm">Strong's 157: </a> To have affection f But Me וְאֹתִ֥י (wə·’ō·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case she forgot,” שָׁכְחָ֖ה (šā·ḵə·ḥāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7911.htm">Strong's 7911: </a> To mislay, to be oblivious of, from want of memory, attention declares נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> An oracle the LORD. יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - 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