10. I will strip her naked in public,while all her lovers look on.No one will be ableto rescue her from my hands.
11. I will put an end to her annual festivals,her new moon celebrations, and her Sabbath days—all her appointed festivals.
12. I will destroy her grapevines and fig trees,things she claims her lovers gave her.I will let them grow into tangled thickets,where only wild animals will eat the fruit.
13. I will punish her for all those timeswhen she burned incense to her images of Baal,when she put on her earrings and jewelsand went out to look for her loversbut forgot all about me,”says the lord.
14. “But then I will win her back once again.I will lead her into the desertand speak tenderly to her there.
15. I will return her vineyards to herand transform the Valley of Trouble into a gateway of hope.She will give herself to me there,as she did long ago when she was young,when I freed her from her captivity in Egypt.