^{6 Ref} Therefore, lo, I am hedging up thy way with thorns, And I have made for her a wall, And her paths she doth not find.

^{7 Ref} And she hath pursued her lovers, And she doth not overtake them, And hath sought them, and doth not find, And she hath said: I go, and I turn back unto My first husband, For -- better to me then than now.

^{8 Ref} And she knew not that I had given to her, The corn, and the new wine, and the oil. Yea, silver I did multiply to her, And the gold they prepared for Baal.

^{9 Ref} Therefore do I turn back, And I have taken My corn in its season, And My new wine in its appointed time, And I have taken away My wool and My flax, covering her nakedness.

^{10 Ref} And now do I reveal her dishonour before the eyes of her lovers, And none doth deliver her out of My hand.

^{11 Ref} And I have caused to cease all her joy, Her festival, her new moon, and her sabbath, Even all her appointed times,