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Hosea 2:6

Faithfulness and loyalty

4 I will have no compassion on her children, because they are the children of adultery.

5 For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.

7 She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’

8 For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold— which they crafted for Baal.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.
KJV
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
WEB
Therefore behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she can’t find her way.
ASV
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she shall not find her paths.
DARBY
Therefore behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns; and I will fence [her] in with a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
BLB
Therefore, behold, I am hedging up your path with thorns; and I will wall her up with a wall, so her paths she cannot find.
ÅB
Se, derfor stenger jeg din vei med torner; jeg reiser en mur foran henne, så hun ikke finner sine stier;
OTB
Derfor vil jeg blokkere hennes vei med torner og mure henne inne så hun ikke kan finne sin vei.
B1930
Se, derfor stenger jeg din vei med torner; jeg reiser en mur foran henne, så hun ikke finner sine stier;

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