Hosea 2:7-15

7She will 1pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them; And she will seek them, but will not find them. Then she will say, ‘2I will go back to my 3first husband, For it was 4better for me then than now!’

8“For she does 5not know that it was 6I who gave her the grain, the new wine and the oil, And lavished on her silver and gold, Which they 7used for Baal.9Therefore, I will 8take back My grain at 9harvest time And My new wine in its season. I will also take away My wool and My flax Given to cover her nakedness.10And then I will 10uncover her lewdness In the sight of her lovers, And no one will rescue her out of My hand.11I will also 11put an end to all her gaiety, Her 12feasts, her 13new moons, her sabbaths And all her festal assemblies.12I will 14destroy her vines and fig trees, Of which she said, ‘These are my wages Which my lovers have given me.’ And I will 15make them a forest, And the 16beasts of the field will devour them.13I will punish her for the 17days of the Baals When she used to 1819offer sacrifices to them And 20adorn herself with her 21earrings and jewelry, And follow her lovers, so that she 22forgot Me,” declares the Lord.

14“Therefore, behold, I will allure her, 23Bring her into the wilderness And speak 24kindly to her.15Then I will give her her 25vineyards from there, And 26the valley of Achor as a door of hope. And she will 2728sing there as in the days of her youth, As in the 29day when she came up from the land of Egypt.