Hosea 2:6-7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
6 Therefore, this is what I will do:
I will block her[a] way(A) with thorns;(B)
I will enclose her with a wall,
so that she cannot find her paths.(C)
7 She will pursue her lovers but not catch them;(D)
she will seek them but not find them.
Then she will think,
“I will go back to my former husband,(E)
for then it was better for me than now.”(F)
Footnotes
- Hosea 2:6 LXX, Syr; MT reads your
Hosea 2:6-7
Common English Bible
Divine correction
6 Therefore, I will line her path with thorns;
and I will build a wall against her,
so that she can’t find her paths.
7 She will go after her lovers,
but she won’t catch up with them;
she will seek them,
but she won’t find them.
Then she will say,
“I will return to my first husband,
for I had it better then than now.”
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