6 Therefore, this is what I will do:I will block her way with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall,so that she cannot find her paths.
7 She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them.Then she will think,“I will go back to my former husband, for then it was better for me than now.”
8 She does not recognize that it is I who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil.I lavished silver and gold on her,which they used for Baal.
9 Therefore, I will take back My grain in its time and My new wine in its season;I will take away My wool and linen,which were to cover her nakedness.
10 Now I will expose her shame in the sight of her lovers,and no one will rescue her from My hands.
11 I will put an end to all her celebrations: her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths —all her festivals.
12 I will devastate her vines and fig trees. She thinks that these are her wagesthat her lovers have given her.I will turn them into a thicket, and the wild animals will eat them.