Hosea 2:8-10

New Catholic Bible

⁸ That is why I will block her path with thornbushes
    and erect a wall to hinder her,
    so that she cannot proceed on her journey.
⁹ Although she pursues her lovers,^[a]
    she will not be able to overtake them.
If she looks for them,
    she will not find them.
Finally she will say,
    “I will return to my first husband,
    since I was far better off then than I am now.”
¹⁰ She has never realized
    that I was the one who gave her
    the grain, the wine, and the oil,
and who lavished upon her the silver and gold
    that they used for Baal.