Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 2:11
"I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feasts, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies."The regular sabbaths and annual festivals, such as Tabernacles, Pentecost, and Passover, could not possibly be observed during the period of Israel's slavery in either Assyria or Babylon, except in some extremely abbreviated token form. Slaves would in no case have been exempted from work on a "sabbath" instituted by the God of the slaves! Thus, the sabbaths, etc., may be... read more
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 2:12
destroy = lay waste. Compare Psalms 105:33 . whereof. In Hosea 2:5 . rewards = my hire, or fee. A technical term. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 23:18 ). App-92 . read more