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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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Footnotes

  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

Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes;
    I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.(A)
She will chase after her lovers but not catch them;
    she will look for them but not find them.(B)
Then she will say,
    ‘I will go back to my husband(C) as at first,(D)
    for then I was better off(E) than now.’
She has not acknowledged(F) that I was the one
    who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil,(G)
who lavished on her the silver and gold(H)
    which they used for Baal.(I)

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