"I will take away my .." This emphasises an important truth, the grain and new wine belonged to God. Men make many complaints against God, but in all of these we forget that the world and everything in it belongs to God. He is the source of all good things. So there was no point in Israel going to all these other nations looking for assistance. They needed to go to the source.
Israel would be made to look ridiculous in the eyes of her "lovers", ie those to whom she had sought help from. All her plans would come to nothing. She would be punished for her sins and unfaithfulness.
The reason for all this was to bring Israel back to God.
There can be times in our lives when everything ends in frustration. We do well in those times to examine ourselves and ask if we are truly trusting God, or if we are putting our trust in something else.
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