And I will have no pity upon her children: for they be the [a]children of fornication.

For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them, hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after thy [b]lovers that give me my bread and my water, my wool, and my flax, mine oil and my drink.

Therefore behold, I will stoop [c]thy way with thorns, and make an hedge, that she shall not find her paths.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:4 That is, bastards and begotten in adultery.
  2. Hosea 2:5 Meaning, the idol which they served, and by whom they thought they had wealth and abundance.
  3. Hosea 2:6 I will punish thee that then thou mayest try whether thine idols can help thee, and bring thee into such straightness that thou shalt have no lust to play the wanton.

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