Hosea 2:9

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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Yahweh speaks through Hosea to unfaithful Israel, responding directly to her diversion of agricultural blessings into Baal worship. He announces the immediate withdrawal of grain, wine, and textile materials that sustained her livelihood.

The words — לָ/כֵ֣ן (la./Khen) translates "therefore," establishing the direct causal link between her idolatry and the coming judgment. וְ/הִצַּלְתִּי (ve./hi.tzal.Ti) means "I will take away," describing the active removal of the wool and linen that covered her.

The thread — The removal of provision and coverings aligns with the stripping imagery in Hosea 2:3 and the confiscation of garments in Ezekiel 23:26. It reinforces the warning against forgetting the God of salvation presented in Isaiah 17:10.

Why it lands — The text states that material sustenance and security are divinely supplied and will be withdrawn when misdirected toward other gods. It requires a reader to acknowledge that dependence on created provision instead of the Creator constitutes spiritual adultery.

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The Hebrew words

לָכֵ֣ןla./Khen<to>/ therefore אָשׁ֔וּב'a.ShuvI will return וְלָקַחְתִּ֤יve./la.kach.Tiand/ I will take דְגָנִי֙de.ga.N/igrain/ my בְּעִתּ֔וֹbe./'i.T/oat/ appropriate time/ its וְתִירוֹשִׁ֖יve./ti.ro.Sh/iand/ new wine/ my בְּמֽוֹעֲד֑וֹbe./mo.'a.D/oat/ appointed time/ its וְהִצַּלְתִּי֙ve./hi.tzal.Tiand/ I will take away צַמְרִ֣יtzam.R/iwool/ my וּפִשְׁתִּ֔יu./fish.T/iand/ flax/ my לְכַסּ֖וֹתle./kha.Sotto/ cover אֶת־'et-<obj.>עֶרְוָתָֽהּ׃'er.va.Ta/hnakedness/ her

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Isaiah 17:10 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—
Ezekiel 23:26 They will strip off your clothes and take your fine jewelry.
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.
Haggai 1:6 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.”
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.
Malachi 3:18 So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
Isaiah 3:18 In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents;
Ezekiel 16:27 Therefore I stretched out My hand against you and reduced your portion. I gave you over to the desire of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd conduct.
Ezekiel 16:39 Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will level your mounds and tear down your lofty shrines. They will strip off your clothes, take your fine jewelry, and leave you naked and bare.
Daniel 11:13 For the king of the North will raise another army, larger than the first, and after some years he will advance with a great army and many supplies.