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

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