Hosea 2:6-8

New Catholic Bible

⁶ Nor will I feel any pity for her children,
    since they are the offspring of adultery.
⁷ Yes, their mother has been a whore;
    she who conceived them has acted shamefully.
For she said, “I will go after my lovers;
    they will supply me with my bread and my water,
    my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.”
⁸ That is why I will block her path with thornbushes
    and erect a wall to hinder her,
    so that she cannot proceed on her journey.