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General Information:
Hosea is speaking about Israel.
Israel is a luxuriant vine that produces his fruit
Israel is spoken of as a vine that was very fruitful. For a while the people prospered and were strong. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
a luxuriant vine
This vine produces more fruit than normal.
As his fruit increased ... As his land produced more
Both of these mean as the people prospered and grew stronger and richer.