Hosea 2:9

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.

Cross-reference

Hosea 2:3 Parallel

Hosea 2:3 threatens to strip her naked — the same judgment metaphor that taking away wool and flax here fulfills.

Hosea 9:2 Parallel

Hosea 9:2 echoes this judgment: God will withhold harvest and wine, leaving them empty.

Isaiah 3:18-26 describes God stripping Zion's finery — the same imagery of removing clothing as judgment for unfaithfulness.

Isaiah 17:10 Related theme

Isaiah 17:10 identifies the root sin: forgetting God of salvation — which leads to the agricultural loss pronounced here.

Isaiah 17:11 shows crops that flourish then wither as judgment — a parallel to God taking away grain at its season.

In Ezekiel 16:27, God similarly reduces the usual food supply as judgment on Jerusalem's unfaithfulness, mirroring the withdrawal of grain and wine in Hosea.

In Ezekiel 16:39, God strips Jerusalem naked and takes her jewels—parallel to taking away wool and flax that covered nakedness in Hosea.

In Ezekiel 23:26, God strips Oholibah of clothes and jewelry—same imagery of removing covering as judgment for unfaithfulness.

In Haggai 1:6-11, God withholds dew and earth's produce because of neglect—echoes the withdrawal of grain and wine in Hosea for unfaithfulness.

Haggai 2:16 Parallel

In Haggai 2:16, harvests fall short—twenty measures become ten, fifty twenty—reflecting the same divine withholding of agricultural abundance.

In Jeremiah 8:13, God declares no grapes on vine, no figs on tree—a direct parallel to taking away grain and wine in Hosea as judgment for unfaithfulness.

Haggai 1:10 Parallel

Haggai 1:10 provides a similar divine withholding of rain and crops due to covenant unfaithfulness.

Joel 2:14 Allusion

Joel 2:14 contrasts this judgment with hope: God might relent and leave a grain offering — showing the other side of divine response.

In Zephaniah 1:13, judgment means they plant vineyards but drink no wine—similar to God taking away wine in Hosea.

Haggai 2:17 Parallel

In Haggai 2:17, God strikes crops with blight and mildew—similar to taking away grain and wine in Hosea as covenant judgment.