Book of Hosea Chapter 2 Vs. 9

Israel's Unfaithfulness Punished 

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. Hos. 2:9

Therefore will I... Beginning here the judgment of God is applied to Israel (Hos. 2:11-13). The restoration of Israel is predicted in Hos. 2:14-23.

The Hebrew form of saying, “Therefore I will take back.” Jehovah resumes all that had been misappropriated. The king of Assyria (Tiglath-pileser, 734 B.C.), was the agency whereby this was to be accomplished (compare Isaiah 10:5).

and will recover...The raiment (wool and flax), was Jehovah’s gift to cover her nakedness, i.e., to meet the actual necessities of Israel. This He will tear away, and the idol-gods whom she has courted shall see her prostration, and their own helplessness to deliver or relieve.

Her unfaithfulness to God causes Him to remove all the blessings she had known before. She will be in the same condition she was in, when He saved her out of Egypt.

In response to Israel’s unfaithfulness, the Lord said He would deprive the nation of agricultural produce (grain and new wine), leaving it destitute. The Mosaic Law made agricultural prosperity dependent on loyalty to the Lord. Obedience to the covenant stipulations would result in the Lord’s blessing in the form of plentiful harvests, numerous offspring, and security (cf. Lev. 26:3-13; Deut. 28:1-14). Disobedience would bring drought, pestilence, war, death, and exile (Lev. 26:14-39; Deut. 28:15-68). Thus, the announcement in Hos. 2:9 revealed the Lord’s intention to implement the covenant curses against Israel. Drought, blight, insect swarms, and invading armies would destroy the land’s produce (cf. Deut. 28:51; Joel 1:4-12; Amos 4:6-9; 7:1).