4. You children are the resultof her unfaithfulness,and I'll show you no pity.
5. Your mother was unfaithful.She was disgraceful and said,“I'll run after my lovers.Everything comes from them—my food and drink,my linen and wool,my olive oil and wine.”
6. I, the Lord, will builda fence of thornsto block her path.
7. She will run after her lovers,but not catch them;she will search,but not find them.Then she will say, “I'll returnto my first husband.Life was better then.”
8. She didn't know that her grain,wine, and olive oilwere gifts from me,as were the gold and silvershe used in worshipping Baal.
9. So I'll hold back the harvestof grain and grapes.I'll take backmy wool and my linenthat cover her body.
10. Then I'll strip her nakedin the sight of her lovers.No one can rescue her.
11. I'll stop Israel's celebrations—no more New Moon Festivals,Sabbaths, or other feasts.
12. She said, “My lovers gave mevineyards and fig treesas payment for sex.”Now I, the Lord, will ruinher vineyards and fig trees;they will become clumps of weedseaten by wild animals.