4
And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they are children of fornication.
5
And their mother went a-whoring: she that bore them disgraced : for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, and my garments, and my linen clothes, my oil and my necessaries.
6
Therefore, behold, I hedge up her way with thorns, and I will stop the ways, and she shall not find her path.
7
And she shall follow after her lovers, and shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: and she shall say, I will go, and return to my former husband; for it was better with me than now.
8
And she knew not that I gave her her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied silver to her: but she made silver and gold for Baal.
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