Therefore behold, I will stoop [a]thy way with thorns, and make an hedge, that she shall not find her paths.

Though she follow after her lovers, yet shall she not come at them: though she seek them, yet shall she not find them: then shall she say, [b]I will go and return to my first husband: for at that time was I better than now.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:6 I will punish thee that then thou mayest try whether thine idols can help thee, and bring thee into such straightness that thou shalt have no lust to play the wanton.
  2. Hosea 2:7 This he speaketh of the faithful, which are truly converted, and also showeth the use and profit of God’s rods.

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