Therefore will I return, and take away [a]my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax lent, to cover her shame.

10 And now will I discover her [b]lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no man shall deliver her out of mine hand.

11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her Sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:9 Signifying, that God will take away his benefits when man by his ingratitude doth abuse them.
  2. Hosea 2:10 That is, all her service, ceremonies and inventions whereby she worshipped her idols.

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