<t /><p class="poetry">Old and new winep> <p class="poetry">take away the understanding of my people.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Threshing floors and wine vats will not feed the people,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and new wine only deceives them.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Yet<n id="1" /> until now<n id="2" /> she has refused to acknowledge<n id="3" /> that I<n id="4" /> was the onep> <p class="poetry">who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil;p> <p class="poetry">and that it was I who<n id="5" /> lavished on her the silver and gold &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">which they<n id="6" /> used in worshiping Baal!<n id="7" />p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore, I will take back<n id="1" /> my grain during the harvest time<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and my new wine when it ripens;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I will take away my wool and my flaxp> <p class="poetry">which I had provided<n id="4" /> in order to clothe her.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">then the ground will respond to the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil;p> <p class="poetry">and they will respond to &#8216;God Plants&#8217; (Jezreel)!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">They do not pray to me,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but howl in distress on their beds;p> <p class="poetry">They slash themselves<n id="2" /> for grain and new wine,p> <p class="poetry">but turn away from me.p>