Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
my corn . . . my wool . . . my flax—in contrast to "my bread . . . my wool . . . my flax," (Hosea 2:5). Compare also Hosea 2:21-23, on God as the great First Cause giving these through secondary instruments in nature. "Return, and take away," is equivalent to, "I will take back again," namely, by sending storms, locusts, Assyrian enemies, etc. "Therefore," that is, because she did not acknowledge Me as the Giver.
in the time thereof—in the harvest-time.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Hosea 2:9:
Hosea 2:5
Hosea 2:14
Hosea 2:15
Hosea 2:21
Hosea 9:2
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