Hosea 2:10 (DBY)

Passage

And now will I discover her impiety in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of my hand.

Nearby Context

Hosea 2:8 And she did not know that I had given her the corn and the new wine and the oil, and had multiplied to her the silver and gold, which they employed for Baal.

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

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

Hosea 2:11 And I will cause all her mirth to cease: her feasts, her new moons, and her sabbaths! and all her solemnities.

Hosea 2:12 And I will make desolate her vine and her fig-tree, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards which my lovers have given me; and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "discover", "impiety", "sight", "lovers", "none", "shall", "deliver", and "hand". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "discover" and "impiety", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "Therefore will I return and take away..." into verse 11's "And I will cause all her mirth...", so "discover" and "impiety" 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 "discover" and "impiety" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.