Hosea 2:12 meaning and explanation

I 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.

Hosea 2:12, Berean Standard Bible

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In this verse God speaks through Hosea to Israel, pictured as an unfaithful wife. She believes her vineyards and fig trees are payment from her lovers, the Canaanite fertility gods she has pursued.

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