⁸ “Their ^(A)widows will be more numerous before Me
Than the sand of the seas;
I will bring against them, against the mother of a young man,
A ^(B)destroyer at noonday;
I will suddenly bring down on her
Anguish and dismay.

² “Contend with your mother, ^(A)contend,
For she is ^(B)not my wife, and I am not her husband;
And let her put away her ^(C)harlotry from her face
And her adultery from between her breasts,

⁵ “For their mother has ^(A)played the harlot;
She who conceived them has acted shamefully.
For she said, ‘^(B)I will go after my lovers,
Who ^(C)give me my bread and my water,
My wool and my flax, my ^(D)oil and my drink.’