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

4And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms. 5For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink. Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. 7And 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. 8For she did not know that I gave her grain, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.

Hosea 2:6 word by word

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

• 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 light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
• Job 19:8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
• Lamentations 3:7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
• Luke 15:14And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
• Luke 19:43For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee 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