Hosea 2:6

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her way with thorns, And I will enclose her with a wall, So that she shall not find her paths.

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In The King James Version

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

In Context

5For their mother hath been guilty of lewdness; She that bore them hath brought upon herself shame; For she said, I will go after my lovers, Who give me my food and my water, My wool and my flax, my oil and my strong drink.

7When she followeth after her lovers, she shall not overtake them; When she seeketh them, she shall not find them. Then shall she say, I will go back to my former husband, For then it was better with me than now.

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Cross References

Job 19:8He hath fenced up my way, so that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.

Lamentations 3:7He hath hedged me about, so that I cannot get out; he hath made my chain heavy;

Luke 19:43For the days will come upon thee, when thine enemies will cast up a mound about thee, and compass thee round, and shut thee in on every side,

Matthew Henry on Hosea 2:2-6

The Sinfulness of Israel. ( b. c. 764.) 1 Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah. 2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts; 3 Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst. 4 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children… Read the whole commentary →

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