King James Version (KJV)
Hosea 2:6
“Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.”
Verse in context — Hosea 2
And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they [be] the children of whoredoms.
For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give [me] my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find [them]: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then [was it] better with me than now.
For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, [which] they prepared for Baal.
About Hosea
God’s steadfast love for His unfaithful people, symbolized through Hosea’s marriage.
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