King James Version
Hosea 2:6 in the King James Version says “Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. make: Heb. w...” — study this verse from Hosea chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. make: Heb. wall a wall”
Hosea 2:6 · KJV
And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.
For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink. drink: Heb. drinks
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. make: Heb. wall a wall
And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.
For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. wine: Heb. new wine which: or, wherewith they made Baal
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properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
“Therefore behold I will hedge”
H7753to entwine, i.e., shut in (for formation, protection or restraint)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“up thy way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“that she shall not find”
H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
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