Hosea 2:7-15

New International Version

⁷She will chase after her lovers but not catch them;
    she will look for them but not find them.^(A)
Then she will say,
    ‘I will go back to my husband^(B) as at first,^(C)
    for then I was better off^(D) than now.’
⁸She has not acknowledged^(E) that I was the one
    who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil,^(F)
who lavished on her the silver and gold^(G)—
    which they used for Baal.^(H)

⁹“Therefore I will take away my grain^(I) when it ripens,
    and my new wine^(J) when it is ready.
I will take back my wool and my linen,
    intended to cover her naked body.
¹⁰So now I will expose^(K) her lewdness
    before the eyes of her lovers;^(L)
    no one will take her out of my hands.^(M)
¹¹I will stop^(N) all her celebrations:^(O)
    her yearly festivals, her New Moons,
    her Sabbath days—all her appointed festivals.^(P)
¹²I will ruin her vines^(Q) and her fig trees,^(R)
    which she said were her pay from her lovers;^(S)
I will make them a thicket,^(T)
    and wild animals will devour them.^(U)
¹³I will punish her for the days
    she burned incense^(V) to the Baals;^(W)
she decked herself with rings and jewelry,^(X)
    and went after her lovers,^(Y)
    but me she forgot,^(Z)”
declares the Lord.^(AA)

¹⁴“Therefore I am now going to allure her;
    I will lead her into the wilderness^(AB)
    and speak tenderly to her.
¹⁵There I will give her back her vineyards,
    and will make the Valley of Achor^[a]^(AC) a door of hope.
There she will respond^[b]^(AD) as in the days of her youth,^(AE)
    as in the day she came up out of Egypt.^(AF)