en_tn_condensed/hos/02/12.md

General Information:

Yahweh is speaking to Hosea about what he will do to Israel.

These are the wages that my lovers gave me

This refers to payment that Israel received from the false gods or Baals. This direct quotation can be stated as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: "that these were the wages that her lovers had given to her" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotations)

make them a forest

Yahweh will destroy the vineyards and fruit trees by allowing other trees and weeds to grow among them. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)