⁶ I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove!
    I would fly away and be at rest.

⁷ I would flee far away
    and stay in the desert;^[a](A)

⁷ “Why should I forgive you?
    Your children have forsaken me
    and sworn^(A) by gods that are not gods.^(B)
I supplied all their needs,
    yet they committed adultery^(C)
    and thronged to the houses of prostitutes.^(D)

⁸ They are well-fed, lusty stallions,
    each neighing for another man’s wife.^(A)

¹¹ The people of Israel and the people of Judah
    have been utterly unfaithful^(A) to me,”
declares the Lord.