Hosea 2:7
King James Version
“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.”
Context
4And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they the children of whoredoms.
5For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath 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.
6Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
7And 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.
8For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, they prepared for Baal.
9Therefore 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.
10And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.