I will punish her for the feast dayswhen she brought burnt offerings to the Baals, decorated herself with her flashy jewelry, chased after her lovers, and forgot me, says the Lord. Therefore, I will block her way with thorns, wall her in, and prevent her from finding her way out. As she pursues her lovers, she will not catch up to them; as she searches for her lovers, she will not find them. Then she will say: “I will go back to my husband because I was better off then than I am now.”