Hosea 2:9

And she shall chase after her lovers, 1 but she shall not overtake them; 1 and she shall seek them, but shall not find them; 1 then shall she say: 1 I will go and return to my ish harishon (first husband); 1 for then was it better with me than now. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

8Therefore, hinei, I will hedge up thy path with thorns, 1 and wall in her wall, 1 that she shall not find her netivah (way). 1

10For she did not have da'as that I gave her 1 dagan (grain), and tirosh (new wine), and yitzhar (oil), 1 and multiplied her kesef and zahav, 1 which they prepared for Ba'al. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 17:10Because thou hast forgotten the G-d of thy salvation, 1 and hast not been mindful of the Tzur of thy Ma'oz; 1 therefore shalt thou plant delightful plants, 1 and shalt set them with zemorat zar (foreign vines). 1

Ezekiel 16:39And I will also give thee into their yad, and they shall throw down thine gev, and shall break down thy ramot (high places, cult prostitution sites of pagan worship); they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee erom (naked) and bare.

Daniel 11:13For HaMelech HaTzafon shall again raise a multitude, greater than the former, and at the end of some shanim he will certainly come with a great army and with great substance;

Hosea 8:7For they have sown the wind, 1 and they shall reap the whirlwind; 1 the stalk [of standing grain] hath no tzemach (shoot); 1 it shall yield no kemach (flour); 1 and even if it yielded it, zarim would devour it. 1

Joel 2:14Who knoweth but that He will return and have pity, 1 and leave behind Him a brocha; 1 even a minchah and a nesekh 1 unto Hashem Eloheichem? 1

Haggai 1:6Ye have sown harbeh (much), and bring in me'at (little); ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe yourselves, but there is no warming; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put them into a purse of holes.

Matthew Henry on Hosea 2:7-14

Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 764.) 6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. 7 And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now. 8 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. 9 Therefore… Read the whole commentary →

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