Hosea 2:5-7

Evangelical Heritage Version

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.
⁷ She will chase after her lovers,
    but she will not reach them.
    She will seek them,
    but she will not find them.
    She will say, “I will go back to my first husband,
    because then it was better for me than it is now.”