Hosea 2:7-11
Hosea 2:7
“And she will pursue her lovers, but she will not reach them; And she will seek them, but will not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will go back to my first husband, Because it was better for me then than now!’
Hosea 2:8
“Yet she does not know that it was I myself who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, And lavished on her silver and gold, 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 take away My wool and My flax That I gave to cover her nakedness.
Hosea 2:10
“So now I will uncover her lewdness Before the eyes of her lovers, And no one will rescue her from My hand.
Hosea 2:11
“I will also put an end to all her joy, Her feasts, her new moons, her Sabbaths, And all her festivals.