Hosea 2:6

Hosea 2:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes; I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore I will hedge up her way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, so that she cannot find her paths.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, And wall her in, So that she cannot find her paths.

Context of Hosea 2:6

4Also, I will have no mercy on her children, Because they are the children of prostitution. 5For their mother has played the prostitute; She who conceived them has acted shamefully, For she said, ‘I will pursue my lovers Who give me my food and my water, My wool and my flax, my oil and my [refreshing] drinks.’ Therefore, behold, I [the Lord God] will hedge up her way with thorns; And I will build a wall against her [shutting off her way] so that she cannot find her paths. 7She will [passionately] pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them; And she will seek them, but will not find them. Then she will say, ‘Let me go and return to my first husband, For it was better for me then than now!’ 8“For she (Israel) has not noticed nor understood nor realized that it was I [the Lord God] who gave her the grain and the new wine and the oil, And lavished on her silver and gold, Which they used for Baal and made into his image.

Hosea 2:6 word by word

לָכֵ֛ן הִנְנִי־שָׂ֥ךְ אֶת־דַּרְכֵּ֖ךְ בַּסִּירִ֑ים וְגָֽדַרְתִּי֙ אֶת־גְּדֵרָ֔הּ וּנְתִיבוֹתֶ֖יהָ לֹ֥א תִמְצָֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore, behold, I will hedgeשׂוּךְώûk · to hedgeH7753
• up thy wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: journeyH1870
• with thornsסִירsîyr sîyrâh sirâh · thornH5518
• and makeגָּדַרgâdar · to wall up/offH1443
• a wallגָּדֵרgâdêr · wallH1447
• that she shall not findמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• her pathsנְתִיבָהnâthîyb nethîybâh nethibâh · pathH5410

Cross-references for Hosea 2:6

• Job 3:23Why is the light of day given to a man whose way is hidden, And whom God has hedged in?
• Job 19:8He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass, And He has set darkness upon my paths.
• Lamentations 3:7He walled me in so that I cannot get out; He has weighted down my chain.
• Luke 15:14Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to do without and be in need.
• Luke 19:43For a time [of siege] is coming when your enemies will put up a barricade [with pointed stakes] against you, and surround you [with armies] and hem you in on every side,

Commentaries on Hosea 2:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6I will hedge up thy way with thorns - I will put it out of your power to escape the judgments I have threatened; and, in spite of all your attachment to your idols, you shall find that they can give you neither bread, nor water, nor wool, nor flax, nor oil, nor drink. And ye shall be brought into such circumstances, that the pursuit of your expensive idolatry shall be impossible. And she shall be led so deep into captivity, as never to find the road back…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-13Verses 6-13 God threatens what he would do with this treacherous, idolatrous people. They did not turn, therefore all this came upon them; and it is written for admonition to us. If lesser difficulties be got over, God will raise greater. The most resolute in sinful pursuits, are commonly most crossed in them. The way of God and duty is often hedged about with thorns, but we have reason to think it is a sinful way that is hedged up with thorns. Crosses…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7Therefore: The initial Hebrew word of Hosea 2:6 (also of 2:9 and 2:14) introduces God’s judgment on Israel. Because of her idolatry, the Lord would limit Israel’s access to the Canaanite fertility gods. Like an aggressive prostitute, she will chase her lovers, but she will not find them. In the end, Israel will realize it is better to return to her rightful husband.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-76-7. thorns ... wall--(Job 19:8; La 3:7, 9). The hindrances which the captivity interposed between Israel and her idols. As she attributes all her temporal blessings to idols, I will reduce her to straits in which, when she in vain has sought help from false gods, she will at last seek Me as her only God and Husband, as at the first (Is 54:5; Jr 3:14; Eze 16:8). then--before Israel's apostasy, under Jeroboam. The way of duty is hedged about with thorns…Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 2:6

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Fence
• Hedge
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Thorn

In the dictionaries

• Hedge
• Thorn
• Fence
• Hosea
• Song of Songs
• Thorns, Thistles, Etc.
• Zechariah, Book of

Commentaries on Hosea 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings