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Therefore, behold, I will (A)hedge up [a]her way with (B)thorns,
And I will build [b]a wall against her so that she cannot find her (C)paths.
So she will (D)pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them;
And she will seek them, but will not find them.
Then she will say, ‘(E)I will go, and I will return to my (F)first husband,
For it was (G)better for me then than now!’

“Now she does (H)not know that it was (I)I who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil,
And multiplied silver and gold for her,
Which they [c]used for Baal.

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  1. Hosea 2:6 As in some ancient versions; Heb your
  2. Hosea 2:6 Lit her wall so that
  3. Hosea 2:8 Or made into the