Hosea 2:7
And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find : then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then better with me than now.
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Context
5 For their mother has played the harlot: she that conceived them has done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
7 And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find : then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then better with me than now.
8 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, they prepared for Baal.
9 Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax to cover her nakedness.