Hosea 2:7-15

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

8“Yet she does 5not know that it was 6I myself 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 89take back My grain at 10harvest time And My new wine in its season. I will also take away My wool and My flax That I gave to cover her nakedness.10So now I will 11uncover her 12lewdness Before the eyes of her lovers, And no one will rescue her from My hand.11I will also 13put an end to all her joy, Her 14feasts, her 15new moons, her Sabbaths, And all her festivals.12And I will 16destroy her vines and fig trees, Of which she said, ‘They are my wages for prostitution Which my lovers have given me.’ And I will 17turn them into a forest, And the 18animals of the field will devour them.13I will punish her for the 19days of the Baals When she used to 2021offer sacrifices to them And 22adorn herself with her nose ring and jewelry, And follow her lovers, so that she 23forgot Me,” declares the Lord.

14“Therefore, behold, I am going to persuade her, 24Bring her into the wilderness, And speak 25kindly to her.15Then I will give her her 26vineyards from there, And 27the 28Valley of Achor as a door of hope. And she will 2930respond there as in the days of her youth, As in the 31day when she went up from the land of Egypt.