The Bible

 

Hosea 2:9

Study

       

9 Therefore I will take back my grain in its time, and my new wine in its season, and will pluck away my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.

Commentary

 

Harlot

  

'A harlot' signifies the affection of falsities and thus the church corrupted.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 4522)