3. or else I will strip her nakedand expose her as on the day she was born.I will make her like a desert,and turn her into a dry land,and make her die of thirst.
4. I will also have no compassion on her childrenbecause they are children of prostitution.
5. Their mother has played the prostitute;she who conceived them has behaved shamefully.She said, "I will seek out my lovers;they give me my bread and my water,my wool and my linen cloth, my oil and my drink."
6. Therefore, I will line her path with thorns;and I will build a wall against her,so that she can’t find her paths.
7. She will go after her lovers,but she won’t catch up with them;she will seek them,but she won’t find them.Then she will say,"I will return to my first husband,for I had it better then than now."