Hosea 2:4-6

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁴ I will have no compassion on her children,
    because they are children of promiscuity,
⁵ because their mother has been promiscuous.^[a]
    She who conceived them has acted shamefully.
    She said, “I will chase after my lovers,
        the ones who give me my food and my water,
        my wool and my flax, my olive oil and my drinks.”
⁶ Therefore, this is what I will do:
    I will block your^[b] way with thorns.
    I will build a wall against her,
    so that she cannot find her paths.