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Hosea 2:6-17

6 Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes;
I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.

7 She 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.’

8 She 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.

9 “Therefore I will take away my grain when it ripens,
and my new wine when it is ready.
I will take back my wool and my linen,
intended to cover her nakedness.

10 So now I will expose her lewdness
before the eyes of her lovers;
no one will take her out of my hands.

11 I will stop all her celebrations:
her yearly festivals, her New Moons,
her Sabbath days—all her appointed feasts.

12 I will ruin her vines and her fig trees,
which she said were her pay from her lovers;
I will make them a thicket,
and wild animals will devour them.

13 I will punish her for the days
she burned incense to the Baals;
she decked herself with rings and jewelry,
and went after her lovers,
but me she forgot,”
declares the Lord.

14 “Therefore I am now going to allure her;
I will lead her into the desert
and speak tenderly to her.

15 There I will give her back her vineyards,
and will make the Valley of Achor a door of hope.
There she will sing as in the days of her youth,
as in the day she came up out of Egypt.

16 “In that day,” declares the Lord,
“you will call me ‘my husband’;
you will no longer call me ‘my master.’

17 I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips;
no longer will their names be invoked.

Cross References for Hosea 2:6-17

Job 19:8 - He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; he has shrouded my paths in darkness. Click to read the verse Job 19:8 Click to read the verse Job 19:8

Numbers 22:26 - Then the angel of the Lord moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room t... Click to read the verse Numbers 22:26 Click to read the verse Numbers 22:26

Isaiah 42:16 - I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I ... Click to read the verse Isaiah 42:16 Click to read the verse Isaiah 42:16

Job 33:17 - to turn man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride, Click to read the verse Job 33:17 Click to read the verse Job 33:17

Luke 19:43 - The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle... Click to read the verse Luke 19:43 Click to read the verse Luke 19:43

Lamentations 3:7 - He has walled me in so I cannot escape; he has weighed me down with chains. Click to read the verse Lamentations 3:7 Click to read the verse Lamentations 3:7

Job 3:23 - Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in? Click to read the verse Job 3:23 Click to read the verse Job 3:23

Lamentations 3:9 - He has barred my way with blocks of stone; he has made my paths crooked. Click to read the verse Lamentations 3:9 Click to read the verse Lamentations 3:9

Lamentations 3:7-9 - He has walled me in so I cannot escape; he has weighed me down with chains. Click to read the verse Lamentations 3:7-9 Click to read the verse Lamentations 3:7-9

Luke 15:14-16 - After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to... Click to read the verse Luke 15:14-16 Click to read the verse Luke 15:14-16