Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

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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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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.

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She will chase after her lovers but not catch them;
    she will look for them but not find them.(A)
Then she will say,
    ‘I will go back to my husband(B) as at first,(C)
    for then I was better off(D) than now.’

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17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

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17 “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!

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18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

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18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned(A) against heaven and against you.

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