Hosea 2:12

“And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, etc.] Which are mentioned for the rest, being the most fruitful and beneficial: this was done when Judea was invaded, overrun and wasted, by the Roman army; and when many were cut down, as Josephus observes, to build forts, and cast up mounts against Jerusalem; so that, he, saysf34, the appearance of the earth was miserable, for what before was adorned with trees and gardens, looked now like a wilderness: whereof she hath said, these are my rewards that my lovers have given me; alluding to the hire of harlots, given them by their gallants; these she ascribed, as she did before her bread, water, wool, flax; and oil, (<280205>Hosea 2:5), not to…”

“my rewards--my hire as a harlot (Isa 23:17-18). lovers--idols. destroy . . . vines . . . make . . . forest-- (Isa 5:6; Isa 7:23-24). Fulfilled in the overthrow of Israel by Assyria (Hos 9:4-5).”

“And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees - Before, God had threatened to take away the fruits in their seasons; now He says, that he will take away all hope for the future; not the fruit only, but the trees which bare it. “The vine is a symbol of joy, the fig of sweetness” (see Judges 9:11, Judges 9:13). It was the plague, which God in former times laid upon those, out of the midst of whom He took them to be His people (Psalms 105:33; see Jeremiah 5:17). “He smote their vines also and their fig trees, and brake the trees of their coasts.” Now that they had become like the pagan, He dealt with them as with the pagan. Of which she said, these are my rewards - Literally “my hire.” It is…”

“My rewards - They gave the praise of all their abundance to idols. Them - Their vine - yards and olive - yards, and the places where they planted their fig - trees, and other fruit - trees. Hosea 2:13”

“destroy: Heb. make desolate These: Hos 2:5, Hos 9:1 I will: Psa 80:12; Isa 5:5, Isa 7:23, Isa 29:17, Isa 32:13-15; Jer 26:18; Mic 3:12 Hosea 2:13”

“The Lord will put an end to the festive rejoicing, by taking away the fruits of the land, which rejoice man's heart. Hos 2:12. "And I lay waste her vine and her fig-tree, of which she said, They are lovers' wages to me, which my lovers gave me; and I make them a forest, and the beasts of the field devour them." Vine and fig-tree, the choicest productions of the land of Canaan, are mentioned as the representatives of the rich means of sustenance with which the Lord had blessed His people (cf. Kg1 5:5; Joe 2:22, etc.). The devastation of both of these denotes the withdrawal of the possessions and enjoyments of life (cf. Jer 5:17; Joe 1:7, Joe 1:12), because Israel regarded them as a present…”