Hosea:2:6-13
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Therefore ,
behold ,
I will hedge up thy way with thorns ,
and make a wall ,
that she shall not find her paths .
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And she shall follow after her lovers ,
but she shall not overtake them ;
and she shall seek them ,
but shall not find them :
then shall she say ,
I will go and return to my first husband ;
for then was it better with me than now .
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For she did not know that I gave her corn ,
and wine ,
and oil ,
and multiplied her silver and gold ,
which they prepared for Baal .
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Therefore will I return ,
and take away my corn in the time thereof ,
and my wine in the season thereof ,
and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness .
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And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers ,
and none shall deliver her out of mine hand .
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I will also cause all her mirth to cease ,
her feast days ,
her new moons ,
and her sabbaths ,
and all her solemn feasts .
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And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees ,
whereof she hath said ,
These are my rewards that my lovers have given me :
and I will make them a forest ,
and the beasts of the field shall eat them .
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And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim ,
wherein she burned incense to them ,
and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels ,
and she went after her lovers ,
and forgat me ,
saith the LORD .