Hosea 2:4-6

International Children’s Bible

⁴ I will not take pity on her children.
    They are the children of an unfaithful wife.
⁵ Their mother has acted like a prostitute.
    The one who became pregnant with them has acted disgracefully.
She said, ‘I will chase after my lovers.^[a]
    They give me food and water.
They give me wool and linen.
    They give me wine and olive oil.’
⁶ So I will block her road with thornbushes.
    I will build a wall around her
    so she cannot find her way.