2:8 Yet 1 until now 2 she has refused to acknowledge 3 that I 4 was the one
who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil;
and that it was I who 5 lavished on her the silver and gold –
which they 6 used in worshiping Baal! 7
2:9 Therefore, I will take back 8 my grain during the harvest time 9
and my new wine when it ripens; 10
I will take away my wool and my flax
which I had provided 11 in order to clothe her. 12
2:10 Soon 13 I will expose her lewd nakedness 14 in front of her lovers,
and no one will be able to rescue her from me! 15
2:11 I will put an end to all her celebration:
her annual religious festivals,
monthly new moon celebrations,
and weekly Sabbath festivities –
all her appointed festivals.
2:12 I will destroy her vines and fig trees,
about which she said, “These are my wages for prostitution 16
that my lovers gave to me!”
I will turn her cultivated vines and fig trees 17 into an uncultivated thicket,
so that wild animals 18 will devour them.
2:13 “I will punish her for the festival days
when she burned incense to the Baal idols; 19
she adorned herself with earrings and jewelry,
and went after her lovers,
but 20 she forgot me!” 21 says the Lord.
2:14 However, in the future I will allure her; 22
I will lead 23 her back into the wilderness,
and speak tenderly to her.