^{6 Ref} Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she shall not find her paths.

^{7 Ref} And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.

^{8 Ref} For she did not know that I gave her the grain, and the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied unto her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.

^{9 Ref} Therefore will I take back my grain in the time thereof, and my new wine in the season thereof, and will pluck away my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.

^{10 Ref} And now will I uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of my hand.

^{11 Ref} I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feasts, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies.