6. I will have no pity on her children,for they are children of prostitution.
7. Yes, their mother has prostituted herself;she who conceived them has acted shamefully.For she said, “I will go after my lovers,who give me my bread and my water,my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.”
8. Therefore, I will hedge in her way with thornsand erect a wall against her,so that she cannot find her paths.
9. If she runs after her lovers, she will not overtake them;if she seeks them she will not find them.Then she will say,“I will go back to my first husband,for I was better off then than now.”
10. She did not knowthat it was I who gave herthe grain, the wine, and the oil,I who lavished upon her silver,and gold, which they used for Baal,
11. Therefore I will take back my grain in its time,and my wine in its season;I will snatch away my wool and my flax,which were to cover her nakedness.