וְרִדְּפָ֤ה אֶת־מְאַהֲבֶ֙יהָ֙ וְלֹֽא־תַשִּׂ֣יג אֹתָ֔ם וּבִקְשָׁ֖תַם וְלֹ֣א תִמְצָ֑א וְאָמְרָ֗ה אֵלְכָ֤ה וְאָשׁ֙וּבָה֙ אֶל־אִישִׁ֣י הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹן כִּ֣י ט֥וֹב לִ֛י אָ֖ז מֵעָֽתָּה׃
Ia akan mengejar para kekasihnya, tetapi tidak akan menyusul mereka; ia akan mencari mereka, tetapi tidak akan menemukan mereka. Lalu ia akan berkata, “Aku akan pergi dan kembali kepada suamiku yang pertama, sebab dahulu keadaanku lebih baik daripada sekarang.”
Berakhot
Further said R. Johanan in the name of R. Jose : One chastisement in the heart of a man is better than many lashes ; as it is said, "And she shall run after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them, and she shall seek them, but shall not find them ; then shall she say [in her heart], I will go and return to my first husband ; for then was it better with me than now " (Hos. ii. 9). R. Simeon b. Lakish said : It is better than a hundred lashes ; as it is said, "A rebuke entereth deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool" (Prov. xvii. 10).