Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Hosea 2:13
days of Baalim—the days consecrated to the Baals, or various images of Baal in different cities, whence the names Baal-gad, Baal-hermon, etc.
decked herself with . . . earrings—rather, "nose-rings" (Isaiah 3:21; Ezekiel 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.
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