Hosea 2:9
Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.
Context
This verse from Hosea Chapter 2 connects to 10 cross-references. The marriage metaphor extends to God's relationship with Israel: she has gone after her lovers not knowing God was the one who gave her grain, wine, and oil. God will block her path and woo her back to the wilderness …
Other Translations
Therefore will I take back my grain in the time thereof, and my new wine in the season thereof, and will pluck away my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.
Therefore do I turn back, And I have taken My corn in its season, And My new wine in its appointed time, And I have taken away My wool and My flax, covering her nakedness.
So I will take away again my grain in its time and my wine, and I will take away my wool and my linen with which her body might have been covered.
Cross References
In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to …
Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, …
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, …
Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a …
They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.
And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break …
Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto …
Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that …
Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the Lord of …