Hosea 2:11 (KJV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Hosea 2:9 Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.

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

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

Hosea 2:12 And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards 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 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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "cause", "mirth", "cease", "feast", "days", "moons", "sabbaths", and "solemn". 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 discover her lewdness..." into verse 12's "And I will destroy her vines and...", 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.