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Hosea 2:6-8
The Voice
Hosea 2:6-8
The Voice
6 But I’ll block her way with a thorn hedge;
I’ll put a wall up around her, blocking her usual paths,
7 and she will wander after her lovers like a dumb sheep.
She’ll chase after them, but she won’t catch them.
She’ll look for them, but she won’t find them.
Then she’ll say, “I’m going to go back to my original husband
because I was better off then than I am now!”
8 She didn’t know I was the One who gave her the grain and wine and oil—
not those fertility gods she was worshiping.
I made her rich with silver and gold,
but she devoted it to another divine master![a]
Footnotes
- 2:8 Hebrew, Baal
Hosea 2:6-8
New International Version
Hosea 2:6-8
New International Version
6 Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes;
I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.(A)
7 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.’
8 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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