“‘I remember the devotion of your youth,^(A)
    how as a bride you loved me
and followed me through the wilderness,^(B)
    through a land not sown.

³ Israel was holy^(A) to the Lord,^(B)
    the firstfruits^(C) of his harvest;
all who devoured^(D) her were held guilty,^(E)
    and disaster overtook them,’”
declares the Lord.