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She didn’t recognize
    that it was I who provided her grain, wine, and oil,
and it was I who gave her silver,
    while they crafted gold for Baal.

“Therefore I’ll return
    and take back my grain at harvest time
        and my new wine in its season.
I’ll take back my wool and my flax
    that was to have covered her nakedness.
10 So now I’ll reveal her lewdness to the eyes of her lovers,
    and no man will rescue her from my control.[a]

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  1. Hosea 2:10 Lit. hand