³ “But you—come here, you children of a sorceress,^(A)
    you offspring of adulterers^(B) and prostitutes!^(C)

²⁰ “Long ago you broke off your yoke^(A)
    and tore off your bonds;^(B)
    you said, ‘I will not serve you!’^(C)
Indeed, on every high hill^(D)
    and under every spreading tree^(E)
    you lay down as a prostitute.^(F)

3 “If a man divorces^(A) his wife
    and she leaves him and marries another man,
should he return to her again?
    Would not the land be completely defiled?^(B)
But you have lived as a prostitute with many lovers^(C)—
    would you now return to me?”^(D)
declares the Lord.

⁷ “Why should I forgive you?
    Your children have forsaken me
    and sworn^(A) by gods that are not gods.^(B)
I supplied all their needs,
    yet they committed adultery^(C)
    and thronged to the houses of prostitutes.^(D)