5 For their mother committed fornication: she conceiving them acted shamefully: for she said, I will go after those loving me giving me my bread and my water, my wool and my linen, mine oil and my drinks.

6 Therefore, behold me hedging in thy way with thorns, and I walled a wall and she shall not find her beaten paths.

7 And she pursued those loving her, and she shall not overtake them; and she sought them and she shall not find: and she said, I will go and turn back to my former husband, for it was well to me then more than now.

Hosea 2:5-7, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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