Hosea 2:11 (ASV)

Passage

I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feasts, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies.

Nearby Context

Hosea 2:9 Therefore will I take back my grain in the time thereof, and my new wine in the season thereof, and will pluck away my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.

Hosea 2:10 And now will I uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of my hand.

Hosea 2:11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feasts, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies.

Hosea 2:12 And I will lay waste her vines and her fig-trees, whereof she hath said, These are my hire that my lovers have given me; and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.

Hosea 2:13 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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "cause", "mirth", "cease", "feasts", "moons", "sabbaths", "solemn", and "assemblies". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "cause" and "mirth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "And now will I uncover her lewdness..." into verse 12's "And I will lay waste her vines...", so "cause" and "mirth" belong inside that flow. In Hosea context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "cause" and "mirth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.