Hosea 2:13

“And, I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, etc.] That is, punish them for all the idolatries committed by their forefathers, in the days that the several Baals, as Baalpeor, and Baalberith, and others, were worshipped by them; they their children, though not worshipping these Baalim, yet other lords, lusts and idols, they set up of themselves, and in their own hearts; (see <402332>Matthew 23:32-36): wherein she burnt incense to them; to the Baalim; this one species of idolatrous worship being put for the rest: and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels; with her best and richest attire; the latter word signifying in the Arabic language, as Jarchi observes, the ornaments of…”

“days of Baalim--the days consecrated to the Baals, or various images of Baal in different cities, whence the names Baal-gad, Baal-hermon, &c. decked herself with . . . earrings--rather, "nose-rings" (Isa 3:21; Eze 16:12, Margin), with which harlots decked themselves to attract admirers: answering to the ornaments in which the Israelites decked themselves on the idols' feasts. forgat me--worse than the nations which had never known God. Israel wilfully apostatized from Jehovah, whom she had known.”

“I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, or Baals - When men leave the one true God, they make to themselves many idols. They act, as if they could make up a god piece-meal out of the many attributes of the One God, and create their Creator. His power of production becomes one God; His power of destroying, another; His providence, a third; and so on, down to the very least acts. So they had many Baals or Lords; a “Baal-berith Judges 8:33, Lord of covenants,” who was to guard the sanctity of oaths; “Baal-zebub 2 Kings 1:2, Lord of flies,” who was to keep off the plague of flies, and “Baal-Peor” Numbers 25:3, who presided over sin. All these their various idolatries, and all the time of their…”

“Visit - Punish. The days - The sins of those days. Of Baalim - Baal was the great idol of the ten tribes; here it is plural Baalim, to denote the multitude of idols which they worshipped, all called by this one name. Decked herself - To put the greater honour on the idol. Hosea 2:14”

“2:13 While the Israelites were worshiping Canaanite gods, they forgot the Lord. For Hosea, to forget is not a lapse of memory, but the opposite of knowing the Lord (see 8:14; 13:6; Job 8:12-13). Had Israel truly known the Lord, they would never have indulged in Baal worship.”

“I will visit: Hos 9:7, Hos 9:9; Exo 32:34; Jer 23:2 the days: Hos 9:10, Hos 13:1; Jdg 2:11-13, Jdg 3:7, Jdg 10:6; Kg1 16:31, Kg1 16:32, 18:18-40; Kg2 1:2; Kg2 10:28, Kg2 21:3 she burned: Hos 11:2; Jer 7:9, Jer 11:13, Jer 18:15 she decked: Eze 23:40-42 she went: Hos 2:5, Hos 2:7; Jer 2:23-25 forgat: Deu 6:12, Deu 8:11-14, Deu 32:18; Jdg 3:7; Sa1 12:9; Job 8:13; Psa 78:11; Psa 106:13, Psa 106:21; Isa 17:10; Jer 2:32; Eze 22:12, Eze 23:35 Hosea 2:14”

“In this way will the Lord take away from the people their festivals of joy. Hos 2:13. "And I visit upon her the days of the Baals, to which she burned incense, and adorned herself with her ring and her jewels, and went after her lovers; and she hath forgotten me, is the word of Jehovah." The days of the Baals are the sacred days and festive seasons mentioned in Hos 2:13, which Israel ought to have sanctified and kept to the Lord its God, but which it celebrated in honour of the Baals, through its fall into idolatry. There is no ground for thinking of special feast-days dedicated to Baal, in addition to the feasts of Jehovah prescribed by the law. Just as Israel had changed Jehovah into Baal,…”