5 Because their mother was unfaithful;f

she who conceived them has acted shamefully,

for she said:

“I will go after my lovers,

the ones who give me my bread, my water,

my wool, and my flax,

my oil, and my drink.”

6 Therefore, Look!

I am going to hedge her pathg ⌊with thorns⌋,h

and I will build a stone wall, a stone wall against her,

and she will not find her paths.

7 Then she will pursue ⌊her lovers⌋,i

but she will not overtake them;

she will seek them and not find them;

and she will say, “I will go

and return to my first husband

because it was better for me then than now.”

8 But she did not know

that it was I who gave her

grain, new wine, and oil,

and who gave her silver in abundance,

and gold which they made into a Baal.

9 Therefore I will take again

my grain in its time,

and my wine in its season;

and I will take away my wool and my flax,

which were to cover her nakedness.