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And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.

For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.

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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I will not show my love to her children,(A)
    because they are the children of adultery.(B)
Their mother has been unfaithful
    and has conceived them in disgrace.
She said, ‘I will go after my lovers,(C)
    who give me my food and my water,
    my wool and my linen, my olive oil and my drink.’(D)
Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes;
    I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.(E)

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