5 Their mother has played the prostitute;she who conceived them has behaved shamefully.She said, "I will seek out my lovers;they give me my bread and my water,my wool and my linen cloth, my oil and my drink."
6 Therefore, I will line her path with thorns;and I will build a wall against her,so that she can’t find her paths.
7 She will go after her lovers,but she won’t catch up with them;she will seek them,but she won’t find them.Then she will say,"I will return to my first husband,for I had it better then than now."
8 She didn’t know that I gave herthe corn, the new wine, and the fresh oil,and that I gave her much silver,and gold that they used for Baal.
9 So now I will take backmy corn in its time,and my wine in its season;and I will take away my wool and my linen cloth,which were to cover her nakedness.
10 Now I will uncover her nakednessin plain view of her lovers,and no one will rescue her from me.
11 I will end all her religious celebrations,her festivals, her new moons, her Sabbath days,and all her sacred seasons.