Hosea 2:5-7 ▼

5 Yes, their mother is promiscuous; she conceived them and acted shamefully. For she thought, “ I will go after my lovers, the men who give me my food and water, my wool and flax, my oil and drink.”

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.”