<p class="poetry">I cared<n id="1" /> for you in the wilderness,p> <p class="poetry">in the dry desert where no water was.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">However, in the future I will allure her;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will lead<n id="2" /> her back into the wilderness,p> <p class="poetry">and speak tenderly to her.p>

<p class="poetry">Otherwise, I will strip her naked,p> <p class="poetry">and expose her like she was when she was born.p> <p class="poetry">I will turn her land into a wildernessp> <p class="poetry">and make her country a parched land,p> <p class="poetry">so that I might kill<n id="1" /> her with thirst.p>

<p class="poetry">When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the wilderness.p> <p class="poetry">I viewed your ancestors<n id="1" /> like an early fig on a fig tree in its first season.p> <p class="poetry">Then they came to Baal-Peor and they dedicated themselves to shame &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">they became as detestable as what they loved.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Even though he flourishes like a reed plant,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a scorching east wind will come,p> <p class="poetry">a wind from the <sc>Lordsc> rising up from the desert.p> <p class="poetry">As a result, his spring will dry up;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">his well will become dry.p> <p class="poetry">That wind<n id="3" /> will spoil all his delightful foodsp> <p class="poetry">in the containers in his storehouse.p>