22. He goeth after her and followeth immediately, as a shor (ox) goeth to tavach (stock yard, slaughter-house), or as the fettered to the musar of the fool;
23. Till a khetz (arrow) strike through his liver; as a tzippor hasteth to the pach (snare), and knoweth not that it is for his nefesh (life).
24. Pay heed unto me now therefore, O ye banim, and attend to the words of my peh (mouth).
25. Let not thine lev turn aside to her drakhim; go not astray in her netivot (trodden paths).
26. For she hath cast down many chalalim (wounded); indeed, many strong men have been slain by her.
27. Her bais is the drakhei Sheol, going down to the chadarim (chambers, rooms) of mavet (death). [T.N. The off-stage character here in chp 7 has been the cuckold. Because of her Ba'al affair, Hashem became the cuckold of Israel even as Hosea became the cuckold of Gomer.]