Hosea 2:11

Old Testament Minor Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Hosea 2:11 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feasts, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

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

Context — Hosea 2

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
11I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feasts, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“I will also cause all her mirth to cease, etc.] As it must in course, this being her case, as before described, whether considered in individuals, or as a body politic, or in their church state, as follows: her feast days; which the Jews understand of the three feasts of tabernacles, passover, and pentecost; typical of Christ’s tabernacling in human nature; of his being the passover sacrificed for us; and of the firstfruits of the Spirit; which being come, the shadows are gone and vanished, and these feasts are no more: her new moons, and her sabbaths; the first day of every month, and the seventh day of every week, observed for religious exercises; typical of the light the church receives…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“her feast days--of Jeroboam's appointment, distinct from the Mosaic (Kg1 12:32). However, most of the Mosaic feasts, "new-moons" and "sabbaths" to Jehovah, remained, but to degenerate Israel worship was a weariness; they cared only for the carnal indulgence on them (Amo 8:5).”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“I will also cause her mirth to cease, her feast days ... - Israel had forsaken the temple of God; despised His priests; received from Jeroboam others whom God had not chosen; altered, at least, one of the festivals; celebrated all, where God had forbidden; and worshiped the Creator under the form of a brute creature (see Introduction). Yet they kept the great “feast-days,” whereby they commemorated His mercies to their forefathers; the “new moons,” whereby the first of every month was given to God; “the sabbaths,” whereby they owned God as the Creator of all things; and all the other “solemn feasts,” whereby they thanked God for acts of His special providence, or for His annual gifts of…”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Her feast days - Though apostate, Israel was fallen to idolatry, yet they retained many of the Mosaic rites and ceremonies. Her solemn feasts - The three annual feasts of tabernacles, weeks, and passover, all which ceased when they were carried captive, by Salmaneser. Hosea 2:12”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“2:11 From the context (2:13, 16-17), as well as from similar passages in Isa 1:12-17 and Amos 5:21-24, it seems clear that the Israelites had defiled the legitimate festivals, new moon celebrations, and Sabbath days by combining worship of the Lord with worship of the Canaanite fertility god, Baal. God rejects such syncretism (mixing of different faiths) and declared that he would remove these unholy days from Israel’s calendar.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“cause: Hos 9:1-5; Isa 24:7-11; Jer 7:34, Jer 16:9, Jer 25:10; Eze 26:13; Nah 1:10; Rev 18:22, Rev 18:23 her feast: Kg1 12:32; Isa 1:13, Isa 1:14; Amo 5:21, Amo 8:3, Amo 8:5, Amo 8:9, Amo 8:10 Hosea 2:12”
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