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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“For this reason I will fence her in with thornbushes. I will block her path with a wall to make her lose her way.

Context of Hosea 2:6

4I will not show my love to her children, because they are the children of adultery. 5Their mother has been unfaithful and has conceived them in disgrace. She said, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me my food and my water, my wool and my linen, my olive oil and my drink.’ Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes; I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way. 7She will chase after her lovers but not catch them; she will look for them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will go back to my husband as at first, for then I was better off than now.’ 8She has not acknowledged that I was the one who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil, who lavished on her the silver and gold— which they used for Baal.

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 life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
• Job 19:8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; he has shrouded my paths in darkness.
• Lamentations 3:7He has walled me in so I cannot escape; he has weighed me down with chains.
• Luke 15:14After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need.
• Luke 19:43The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you 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