Hosea 2:7

For their em hath played the zonah (prostitute); 1 she that conceived them hath done shamefully; 1 for she said: I will go after my lovers, 1 that give me my lechem and my mayim, 1 my wool and my flax, mine shemen (oil) and my shikkui (drink). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6And I will not have mercy upon her banim; 1 for they are the bnei zenunim. 1

8Therefore, hinei, I will hedge up thy path with thorns, 1 and wall in her wall, 1 that she shall not find her netivah (way). 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:17And thou say in thine lev, My ko'ach (power) and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this chayil (wealth).

2 Chronicles 28:20And Tilgat Pilneser Melech Ashur came unto him, and oppressed him, but helped him not.

Nehemiah 9:25And they took fortified cities, and an adamah shemenah, and possessed batim full of all goods, wells dug, kramim, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance; so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

Isaiah 30:2That walk to go down into Mitzrayim, 1 and have not inquired at My mouth; 1 to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, 1 and to take refuge in the tzel (shadow) of Mitzrayim! 1

Isaiah 31:1Woe to them that go down to Mitzrayim for ezrah (help); 1 and rely on susim, 1 and trust in merkavot, because they are many; 1 and in parashim, because they are very strong; 1 but they look not unto the Kadosh Yisroel, 1 neither seek Hashem! 1

Jeremiah 2:28But where are thy elohim 1 that thou hast made for thee? 1 Let them arise, if they can save thee 1 in the time of thy trouble; 1 for as many as are the mispar (number) 1 of thy towns are thy elohim, O Yehudah. 1

Matthew Henry on Hosea 2:7-14

Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 764.) 6 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. 9 Therefore… Read the whole commentary →

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