5. Their mother is a shameless prostituteand became pregnant in a shameful way.She said, ‘I’ll run after other loversand sell myself to them for food and water,for clothing of wool and linen,and for olive oil and drinks.’
6. “For this reason I will fence her in with thornbushes.I will block her path with a wallto make her lose her way.
7. When she runs after her lovers,she won’t be able to catch them.She will search for thembut not find them.Then she will think,‘I might as well return to my husband,for I was better off with him than I am now.’
8. She doesn’t realize it was I who gave her everything she has—the grain, the new wine, the olive oil;I even gave her silver and gold.But she gave all my gifts to Baal.
9. “But now I will take back the ripened grain and new wineI generously provided each harvest season.I will take away the wool and linen clothingI gave her to cover her nakedness.