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Hosea 2:5-7
1599 Geneva Bible
Hosea 2:5-7
1599 Geneva Bible
5 For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them, hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after thy [a]lovers that give me my bread and my water, my wool, and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
6 Therefore behold, I will stoop [b]thy way with thorns, and make an hedge, that she shall not find her paths.
7 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, [c]I will go and return to my first husband: for at that time was I better than now.
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- Hosea 2:5 Meaning, the idol which they served, and by whom they thought they had wealth and abundance.
- 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.
- Hosea 2:7 This he speaketh of the faithful, which are truly converted, and also showeth the use and profit of God’s rods.
Hosea 2:5-7
New International Version
Hosea 2:5-7
New International Version
5 Their mother has been unfaithful
and has conceived them in disgrace.
She said, ‘I will go after my lovers,(A)
who give me my food and my water,
my wool and my linen, my olive oil and my drink.’(B)
6 Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes;
I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.(C)
7 She will chase after her lovers but not catch them;
she will look for them but not find them.(D)
Then she will say,
‘I will go back to my husband(E) as at first,(F)
for then I was better off(G) than now.’
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