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.
12. Now I will lay bare her shamein full view of her lovers,and no one can deliver her out of my hand.
13. I will put an end to all her joy,her festivals, her new moons, her sabbaths—all her seasonal feasts.
14. I will lay waste her vines and fig trees,of which she said, “These are the feesmy lovers have given me”;I will turn them into rank growthand wild animals shall devour them.
15. I will punish her for the days of the Baals,for whom she burnt incense,When she decked herself out with her rings and her jewelry,and went after her lovers—but me she forgot—oracle of the Lord.