Hosea 2:8 Meaning
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.
Context Explained
6Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
7And 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.
8For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.
9Therefore 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.
10And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:17-18
God reminds Israel of His provision and warns against forgetting Him.
Romans 1:21
Paul discusses ingratitude leading to idolatry.
Matthew 6:26
Jesus teaches about God's provision for His creation.
Source: Hosea 2:8