6. Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes;I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.
7. She will chase after her lovers but not catch them;she will look for them but not find them.Then she will say,“I will go back to my husband as at first,for then I was better off than now.”
8. She has not acknowledged that I was the onewho gave her the grain, the new wine and oil,who lavished on her the silver and gold –which they used for Baal.
9. ‘Therefore I will take away my corn when it ripens,and my new wine when it is ready.I will take back my wool and my linen,intended to cover her naked body.