17 Why, Lord, do You (A)cause us to stray from Your ways
And (B)harden our heart from fearing You?
(C)Return for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.

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17 Why, Lord, do you make us wander(A) from your ways
    and harden our hearts(B) so we do not revere(C) you?
Return(D) for the sake of your servants,
    the tribes that are your inheritance.(E)

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Therefore, behold, I will (A)obstruct [a]her way with (B)thorns,
And I will build [b]a stone wall against her so that she cannot find her (C)paths.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:6 As in some ancient versions; MT your
  2. Hosea 2:6 Lit her stone wall so that

Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes;
    I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.(A)

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