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She will run after her lovers, but she won’t catch them.
    She will search for them, but she won’t find them.
    Then she will say, ‘I’ll go back to my first husband.
        Things were better for me than they are now.’

“She doesn’t believe that I gave her grain, new wine, and olive oil.
    I gave her plenty of silver and gold,
        but she used it to make statues of Baal.
That is why I will take back my grain when it has ripened
    and my new wine when it’s in season.
    I will take away the wool and the linen
    that I gave her to cover her naked body.

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She will chase after her lovers but not catch them;
    she will look for them but not find them.(A)
Then she will say,
    ‘I will go back to my husband(B) as at first,(C)
    for then I was better off(D) than now.’
She has not acknowledged(E) that I was the one
    who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil,(F)
who lavished on her the silver and gold(G)
    which they used for Baal.(H)

“Therefore I will take away my grain(I) when it ripens,
    and my new wine(J) when it is ready.
I will take back my wool and my linen,
    intended to cover her naked body.

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