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Hosea 2:5-7
New American Standard Bible 1995
Hosea 2:5-7
New American Standard Bible 1995
5 “For their mother has (A)played the harlot;
She who conceived them has acted shamefully.
For she said, ‘(B)I will go after my lovers,
Who (C)give me my bread and my water,
My wool and my flax, my (D)oil and my drink.’
6 “Therefore, behold, I will (E)hedge up [a]her way with (F)thorns,
And I will build [b]a wall against her so that she cannot find her (G)paths.
7 “She will (H)pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them;
And she will seek them, but will not find them.
Then she will say, ‘(I)I will go back to my (J)first husband,
For it was (K)better for me then than now!’
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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