Oseas 2:12

12 Destruiré sus vides y sus higueras,
las cuales, según ella, le dieron sus amantes.
Dejaré que crezcan hasta que se conviertan en espesos matorrales
de los que solo los animales salvajes comerán su fruto.

Oseas 2:12 Meaning and Commentary

Hosea 2:12

And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees
Which are mentioned for the rest, being the most fruitful and beneficial: this was done when Judea was invaded, overrun and wasted, by the Roman army; and when many were cut down, as Josephus observes, to build forts, and cast up mounts against Jerusalem; so that, he, says ^F12, the appearance of the earth was miserable, for what before was adorned with trees and gardens, looked now like a wilderness: whereof she hath said, these are my rewards that my lovers have given
me;
alluding to the hire of harlots, given them by their gallants; these she ascribed, as she did before her bread, water, wool, flax; and oil, ( Hosea 2:5 ) , not to God, the author and giver of them, but to the people her lovers, as the Targum; or to her idols, or to her beloved tenets, and doing according to them; and which is here mentioned as a reason of the divine resentment, and why he destroyed these fruitful trees: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat
them;
make the vines and fig trees like forest trees, barren and unfruitful; the fruitful land of Judea should be turned into a forest, or become like a desert or wilderness, and all the fruits of it should be eaten up by wild beasts; by their enemies, compared to the beasts of the field, particularly the Romans, the fourth beast; see ( Isaiah 56:9 ) ( Daniel 7:7 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 De Bello Jud. l. 6. c. 1. sect. 1.

Oseas 2:12 In-Context

10 La desnudaré por completo en público,
a la vista de todos sus amantes.
Nadie podrá librarla
de mis manos.

11 Pondré fin a sus festivales anuales,
celebraciones de luna nueva y sus días de descanso:
todos sus festivales establecidos.

12 Destruiré sus vides y sus higueras,
las cuales, según ella, le dieron sus amantes.
Dejaré que crezcan hasta que se conviertan en espesos matorrales
de los que solo los animales salvajes comerán su fruto.

13 La castigaré por todas las ocasiones
en que quemaba incienso a las imágenes de Baal,
cuando se ponía aretes y joyas
y salía a buscar a sus amantes,
olvidándose de mí por completo
—dice el Señor
—.

14 El amor del Señor
por un Israel infiel
»Pero luego volveré a conquistarla.
La llevaré al desierto
y allí le hablaré tiernamente.