Hosea 2:5-7
New King James Version
5 For their mother has played the harlot;
She who conceived them has behaved shamefully.
For she said, ‘I will go after my lovers,
(A)Who give me my bread and my water,
My wool and my linen,
My oil and my drink.’
6 “Therefore, behold,
(B)I will hedge up your way with thorns,
And [a]wall her in,
So that she cannot find her paths.
7 She will [b]chase her lovers,
But not overtake them;
Yes, she will seek them, but not find them.
Then she will say,
(C)‘I will go and return to my (D)first husband,
For then it was better for me than now.’
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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