Hosea 2:6-7

New American Standard Bible

⁶Therefore, behold, I will ^(A)obstruct ^[a]her way with ^(B)thorns,
And I will build ^[b]a stone wall against her so that she cannot find her ^(C)paths.
⁷And she will ^(D)pursue her lovers, but she will not reach them;
And she will seek them, but will not find them.
Then she will say, ‘^(E)I will go back to my ^(F)first husband,
Because it was ^(G)better for me then than now!’

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Footnotes

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

Hosea 2:6-7

Amplified Bible

⁶
“Therefore, behold, I [the Lord God] will hedge up her way with thorns;
And I will build a wall against her [shutting off her way] so that she cannot find her paths.
⁷
“She will [passionately] pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them;
And she will seek them, but will not find them.
Then she will say, ‘Let me go and return to my first husband,
For it was better for me then than now!’

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Hosea 2:6-7

New Living Translation

⁶“For this reason I will fence her in with thornbushes.
    I will block her path with a wall
    to make her lose her way.
⁷When she runs after her lovers,
    she won’t be able to catch them.
She will search for them
    but not find them.
Then she will think,
‘I might as well return to my husband,
    for I was better off with him than I am now.’

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Hosea 2:6-7

New International Version

⁶Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes;
    I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.^(A)
⁷She 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.’

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Hosea 2:6-7

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!”