Hosea 2:7-9

Complete Jewish Bible

⁷⁽⁵⁾their mother prostituted herself,
she who conceived them behaved shamelessly;
she said, ‘I will pursue my lovers,
who give me my food and water,
wool, flax, olive oil and wine.’
⁸⁽⁶⁾Therefore, I will block her way with thorns
and put up a hedge so she can’t find her paths.
⁹⁽⁷⁾She will pursue her lovers but not catch them.
She will seek them but won’t find them.
Then she will say, ‘I will go
and return to my first husband;
because things were better for me then
than they are now.’