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Therefore I will hedge up her[a] way with thorns,
    and I will build a wall against her
    so that she cannot find her paths.(A)
She shall pursue her lovers
    but not overtake them,
and she shall seek them
    but shall not find them.
Then she shall say, “I will go
    and return to my first husband,
    for it was better with me then than now.”(B)

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  1. 2.6 Gk Syr: Heb your

Therefore, Look!
    I am going to hedge her path[a] with thorns,[b]
        and I will build a stone wall, a stone wall against her,
    and she will not find her paths.
Then she will pursue her lovers,[c]
    but she will not overtake them;
        she will seek them and not find them;
and she will say, “I will go
    and return to my first husband
    because it was better for me then than now.”

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  1. Hosea 2:6 Hebrew “your path”
  2. Hosea 2:6 Literally “with the thorns”
  3. Hosea 2:7 Literally “the ones who love her”