12. Destroy her vines. God now threatens to take away the means of support, thus cutting off all future hope (see on Ps. 107:33, 34). The vines and fig trees are symbolic of prosperity and peace (see on 1 Kings 4:25; Jer. 5:17).
My rewards. “My hire” (; ); the payment given to an adulteress or a woman of ill fame.
A forest. ya‘ar, “a thicket,” or “a wood.” The land where these fruitful trees and vines grew will be turned into a region of uncultivated brushwood.