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.