^{6 8} Therefore, behold, I will hedge·​·up thy way with sirim^*, and fence· her ·in with a fence, that she shall not find her trails.

³ "But draw near here, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the prostitute.

⁴ Against whom do you sport yourselves? Against whom do you make a wide mouth, and stick out your tongue? Aren't you children of disobedience, a seed of falsehood,

⁵ you who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?