“Also, I will have no compassion on her children,
Because they are (A)children of harlotry.
“For their mother has (B)played the harlot;
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)hedge up [a]her way with (G)thorns,
And I will build [b]a wall against her so that she cannot find her (H)paths.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:6 So with some ancient versions; Heb your
  2. Hosea 2:6 Lit her wall so that

I will not show my love to her children,(A)
    because they are the children of adultery.(B)
Their mother has been unfaithful
    and has conceived them in disgrace.
She said, ‘I will go after my lovers,(C)
    who give me my food and my water,
    my wool and my linen, my olive oil and my drink.’(D)
Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes;
    I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.(E)

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