Hosea 2:9 (LSB)

Passage

Therefore, I will take back My grain at harvest time And My new wine in its season. I will also deliver My wool and My flax from them Given to cover her nakedness.

Nearby Context

Hosea 2:7 So she will pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them; And she will seek them, but will not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will go, and I will return to my first husband, For it was better for me then than now!’

Hosea 2:8 “Now she does not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, And multiplied silver and gold for her, Which they used for Baal.

Hosea 2:9 Therefore, I will take back My grain at harvest time And My new wine in its season. I will also deliver My wool and My flax from them Given to cover her nakedness.

Hosea 2:10 So now I will uncover her lewdness In the sight of her lovers, And no one will deliver her out of My hand.

Hosea 2:11 I will also cease all her joy, Her feasts, her new moons, her sabbaths, And all her appointed times.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "take", "back", "grain", "harvest", "time", "wine", and "season". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "take", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "Now she does not know that it..." into verse 10's "So now I will uncover her lewdness...", so "therefore" and "take" belong inside that flow. In Hosea context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "therefore" and "take" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.