Hosea 2:6
4 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.
5 For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
7 And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.
8 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.
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.
Compare
- 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;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 19:8
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
Read in contextLamentations 3:7–9
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Read in contextJob 3:23
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
Read in contextLuke 19:43
For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
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