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

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

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Footnotes

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

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