12 I will ruin her vines and her fig-trees,
    which she said were her pay from her lovers;
I will make them a thicket,
    and wild animals will devour them.
13 I will punish her for the days
    she burned incense to the Baals;
she decked herself with rings and jewellery,
    and went after her lovers,
    but me she forgot,’
declares the Lord.

14 ‘Therefore I am now going to allure her;
    I will lead her into the wilderness
    and speak tenderly to her.

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