4 And I will not love her children,for they were conceived in prostitution.
5 Their mother is a shameless prostituteand became pregnant in a shameful way.She said, ‘I’ll run after other loversand sell myself to them for food and water,for clothing of wool and linen,and for olive oil and drinks.’
6 “For this reason I will fence her in with thornbushes.I will block her path with a wallto make her lose her way.
7 When she runs after her lovers,she won’t be able to catch them.She will search for thembut not find them.Then she will think,‘I might as well return to my husband,for I was better off with him than I am now.’
8 She doesn’t realize it was I who gave her everything she has—the grain, the new wine, the olive oil;I even gave her silver and gold.But she gave all my gifts to Baal.
9 “But now I will take back the ripened grain and new wineI generously provided each harvest season.I will take away the wool and linen clothingI gave her to cover her nakedness.
10 I will strip her naked in public,while all her lovers look on.No one will be ableto rescue her from my hands.