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Hosea 2:5-7
International Standard Version
Hosea 2:5-7
International Standard Version
5 Indeed, their mother has committed prostitution—
the one who has been conceiving them has acted disgracefully—
when she said,
‘I’m going after my lovers,
who provide me food and water,
as well as my wool, my flax,
my oil, and my wine.’
6 “Look how I’m blocking her[a] path with thorns
and building a wall to hinder[b] her,
so she can’t find her way.
7 She will pursue her lovers,
but she won’t catch up with them.
She will seek them,
but she won’t find them.
Then she will say,
‘I’ll go back and return to my first husband,
because it was better for me then than now.’
Hosea 2:5-7
New International Version
Hosea 2:5-7
New International Version
5 Their mother has been unfaithful
and has conceived them in disgrace.
She said, ‘I will go after my lovers,(A)
who give me my food and my water,
my wool and my linen, my olive oil and my drink.’(B)
6 Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes;
I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.(C)
7 She will chase after her lovers but not catch them;
she will look for them but not find them.(D)
Then she will say,
‘I will go back to my husband(E) as at first,(F)
for then I was better off(G) than now.’
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