6  Therefore ^tI will hedge up her¹ way with thorns,

and ^uI will build a wall against her,

so that she cannot find her paths.

7  She shall pursue her lovers

but not overtake them,

and she shall seek them

but shall not find them.

Then she shall say,

‘I will go and ^vreturn to my first ^whusband,

for it was better for me then than now.’

8  And she did not know

that it was I who gave her

the grain, the wine, and the oil,

and who lavished on her silver and gold,

^xwhich they used for Baal.