Hos 2:11 | TNotes | STEP | 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.

dIsa 1:12-17►

eAmos 5:21-24►

‏ Hosea 2:11

2:11 ^a From the context (2:13 ^b, 16-17 ^c), as well as from similar passages in Isa 1:12-17 ^d and Amos 5:21-24 ^e, 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.