Also, I will take no pity on her children,
Because they are (A)children of infidelity.
For their mother has (B)committed prostitution;
She who conceived them has acted shamefully.
For she said, ‘(C)I will go after my lovers,
Who (D)give me my bread and my water,
My wool and my flax, my (E)oil and my drink.’
Therefore, behold, I will (F)obstruct [a]her way with (G)thorns,
And I will build [b]a stone wall against her so that she cannot find her (H)paths.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:6 As in some ancient versions; MT your
  2. Hosea 2:6 Lit her stone wall so that

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