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Hosea 2:9

⁷ She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’

⁸ For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold— which they crafted for Baal.

Therefore I will take back My grain in its time and My new wine in its season; I will take away My wool and linen, which were given to cover her nakedness.

¹⁰ And then I will expose her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of My hands.

¹¹ I will put an end to all her exultation: her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths— all her appointed feasts.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Therefore I will take back My grain in its time and My new wine in its season; I will take away My wool and linen, which were given to cover her nakedness.
KJV: 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.
WEB: Therefore I will take back my grain in its time, and my new wine in its season, and will pluck away my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my new wine in its season, and will withdraw my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.
BLB: Therefore I will return, and I will take away My grain in its time, and My new wine in its season; and I will snatch away My wool and My linen to cover her nakedness!

ÅB: Derfor vil jeg ta mitt korn tilbake, når dets tid kommer, og min most, når tiden er inne, og jeg vil ta bort min ull og mitt lin, som tjener til å skjule hennes blusel.
OTB: Derfor vil jeg ta tilbake mitt korn i sin tid og min nye vin i sin sesong. Jeg vil også ta bort min ull og mitt lin som var ment å dekke hennes nakenhet.
B1930: Derfor vil jeg ta mitt korn tilbake, når dets tid kommer, og min most, når tiden er inne, og jeg vil ta bort min ull og mitt lin, som tjener til å skjule hennes blusel.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 17:10–11
For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—
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Malachi 1:4
Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.
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Hosea 2:3
Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst.
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Haggai 1:6–11
You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”
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Ezekiel 23:26
They will strip off your clothes and take your fine jewelry.
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Malachi 3:18
So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
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Haggai 2:16–17
from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty.
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Hosea 9:2
The threshing floor and winepress will not feed them, and the new wine will fail them.
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