⁸ Keep me^(A) as the apple of your eye;^(B)
    hide me^(C) in the shadow of your wings^(D)

“‘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^(C) to the Lord,^(D)
    the firstfruits^(E) of his harvest;
all who devoured^(F) her were held guilty,^(G)
    and disaster overtook them,’”
declares the Lord.

⁶ They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord,
    who brought us up out of Egypt^(A)
and led us through the barren wilderness,
    through a land of deserts^(B) and ravines,^(C)
a land of drought and utter darkness,
    a land where no one travels^(D) and no one lives?’

¹⁵ There I will give her back her vineyards,
    and will make the Valley of Achor^[a](A) a door of hope.
There she will respond^[b](B) as in the days of her youth,^(C)
    as in the day she came up out of Egypt.^(D)

⁵ I cared for you in the wilderness,^(A)
    in the land of burning heat.
⁶ When I fed them, they were satisfied;
    when they were satisfied, they became proud;^(B)
    then they forgot^(C) me.^(D)