Hosea 2:13 (KJV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

Hosea 2:14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.

Hosea 2:15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "visit", "upon", "days", "baalim", "wherein", "burned", "incense", and "decked". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "visit" and "upon", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "And I will destroy her vines and..." into verse 14's "Therefore behold I will allure her and...", so "visit" and "upon" 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 "visit" and "upon" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.