Otherwise, I will strip her naked(A)
and expose her as she was on the day of her birth.
I will make her like a desert(B)
and like a parched land,
and I will let her die of thirst.(C)

Read full chapter

I will have no compassion on her children(A)
because they are the children of promiscuity.

Read full chapter

Therefore, this is what I will do:
I will block her[a] way(A) with thorns;(B)
I will enclose her with a wall,
so that she cannot find her paths.(C)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 2:6 LXX, Syr; MT reads your

She will pursue her lovers but not catch them;(A)
she will look for them but not find them.
Then she will think,
“I will go back to my former husband,(B)
for then it was better for me than now.”(C)

Read full chapter

Therefore, I will take back my grain in its time(A)
and my new wine in its season;
I will take away my wool and linen,
which were to cover her nakedness.
10 Now I will expose her shame(B)
in the sight of her lovers,
and no one will rescue her from my power.
11 I will put an end to all her celebrations:(C)
her feasts,(D) New Moons,(E) and Sabbaths—
all her festivals.
12 I will devastate her vines and fig trees.(F)
She thinks that these are her wages
that her lovers have given her.
I will turn them into a thicket,(G)
and the wild animals will eat them.(H)
13 And I will punish her for the days of the Baals,(I)
to which she burned incense.(J)
She put on her rings and her jewelry(K)
and followed her lovers,
but she forgot me.(L)

This is the Lord’s declaration.

Read full chapter

Bible Gateway Recommends

CSB Grace Bible for Kids--soft leather-look, blue
CSB Grace Bible for Kids--soft leather-look, blue
Retail: $44.99
Our Price: $24.99
Save: $20.00 (44%)
5.0 of 5.0 stars
CSB Apologetics Study Bible for Students, Hardcover
CSB Apologetics Study Bible for Students, Hardcover
Retail: $34.99
Our Price: $17.50
Save: $17.49 (50%)
4.5 of 5.0 stars
CSB Everyday Study Bible--soft leather-look, black
CSB Everyday Study Bible--soft leather-look, black
Retail: $34.99
Our Price: $20.21
Save: $14.78 (42%)
4.5 of 5.0 stars
CSB God Loves You Bible for Teens
CSB God Loves You Bible for Teens
Retail: $9.99
Our Price: $4.29
Save: $5.70 (57%)