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. 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.
Hosea, whose name means salvation, was the last of the great prophets of the northern kingdom of Israel, writing about 750 B.C. The verse stands in the opening chapters as part of a warning of the coming captivity of the tribes and a warning against wicked alliances, including alliance with Egypt. It belongs to an exposure of the sad moral degeneration and decay of the nation and the gross iniquity of priests and princes, with Hosea's own painful personal history used to symbolize Jehovah's separation from His people. Its message is full of hopeful remonstrance, tender expostulation, and earnest entreaty, and it also contains prophecy of the future.
Because God is Maker, husband, and Redeemer, backsliding from Him and breaking His holy law is rightly called adultery, so that Israel's conformity to the world, idolatry, and every departure from God are spiritual adultery, an attempt to mix good and evil, heaven with earth, and righteousness with sin. God returns to take back the crops and goods He gave because Israel credited her material blessings to her lovers instead of recognizing Him as the giver and used them in idol worship for Baal.
The corn and wine are taken away in their appointed harvest time and season. The wool and flax given to cover nakedness and provide clothing are recovered, leaving her exposed. This loss of the gifts is a judgment for unfaithfulness. Produce, wealth, and clothing belong to God.