Hosea 2:9

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Hosea 2:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible

7 She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’

8 For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold— which they crafted for Baal.

9 Therefore I will take back My grain in its time and My new wine in its season; I will take away My wool and linen, which were given to cover her nakedness.

10 And then I will expose her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of My hands.

11 I will put an end to all her exultation: her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths— all her appointed feasts.

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So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”

Hosea 2:3

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In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents;

Isaiah 3:19

their pendants, bracelets, and veils;

Isaiah 3:20

their headdresses, ankle chains, and sashes; their perfume bottles and charms;

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their signet rings and nose rings;

Isaiah 3:22

their festive robes, capes, cloaks, and purses;

Isaiah 3:23

and their mirrors, linen garments, tiaras, and shawls.

Isaiah 3:24

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Isaiah 3:25

Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.

Isaiah 3:26

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Isaiah 17:11

though on the day you plant you make them grow, and on that morning you help your seed sprout— yet the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.

Ezekiel 16:27

Therefore I stretched out My hand against you and reduced your portion. I gave you over to the desire of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd conduct.

Ezekiel 16:39

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They will strip off your clothes and take your fine jewelry.

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Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine.

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You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”

Haggai 1:7

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Haggai 1:8

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Haggai 1:9

You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.

Haggai 1:10

Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops.

Haggai 1:11

I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.”

Haggai 2:16

from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty.

Haggai 2:17

I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD.