She who conceived them has behaved shamefully.
For she said, ‘I will go after my lovers,
aWho give me my bread and my water,
My wool and my linen,
My oil and my drink.’
aI will hedge up your way with thorns,
And1 wall her in,
So that she cannot find her paths.
But not overtake them;
Yes, she will seek them, but not find them.
Then she will say,
a‘I will go and return to my bfirst husband,
For then it was better for me than now.’
That I gave her grain, new wine, and oil,
And multiplied her silver and gold—
Which they prepared for Baal.
My grain in its time
And My new wine in its season,
And will take back My wool and My linen,
Given to cover her nakedness.
And no one shall deliver her from My hand.
Her feast days,
Her New Moons,
Her Sabbaths—
All her appointed feasts.
Of which she has said,
‘These are my wages that my lovers have given me.’
So I will make them a forest,
And the beasts of the field shall eat them.
For the days of the Baals to which she burned incense.
She decked herself with her earrings and jewelry,
And went after her lovers;
But Me she forgot,” says the Lord.
| << Hosea 2:5 | Hosea 2:7 >> |
American Standard Version
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she shall not find her paths.
Amplified® Bible
Therefore, behold, I [the Lord God] will hedge up her way [even yours, O Israel] with thorns; and I will build a wall against her that she shall not find her paths.
Contemporary English Version
I, the LORD, will build a fence of thorns to block her path.
Darby English Version
Therefore behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns; and I will fence [her] in with a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
Good News Bible
So I am going to fence her in with thorn bushes and build a wall to block her way.
King James Version
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
New American Standard Bible
"Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her way with thorns, And I will build a wall against her so that she cannot find her paths.
New International Version
Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes;
I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.
New King James Version
“ Therefore, behold,
I will hedge up your way with thorns,
And wall her in,
So that she cannot find her paths.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her way with thorns, And I will build a wall against her so that she cannot find her paths.
Revised Standard Version
Therefore I will hedge up her way with thorns; and I will build a wall against her, so that she cannot find her paths.
Young's Literal Translation
Therefore, lo, I am hedging up thy way with thorns, And I have made for her a wall, And her paths she doth not find.
New English Translation
Therefore, I will soon1 fence her in2 with thorns; I will wall her in3 so that4 she cannot find her way.5
| << Hosea 2:5 | Hosea 2:7 >> |
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