Hosea 2:6
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Wherefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will stop it up with a wall, and she shall not find her paths.

I will.

Job 3:23 To a man whose way is hidden, and God hath surrounded him with darkness?

Job 19:8 He hath hedged in my path round about, and I cannot pass, and in my way he hath set darkness.

Lamentations 3:7-9 Ghimel. He hath built against me round about, that I may not get out: he hath made my fetters heavy. . . .

Luke 15:14-16 And after he had spent all, there came a mighty famine in that country: and he began to be in want. . . .

Luke 19:43 For the days shall come upon thee: and thy enemies shall cast a trench about thee and compass thee round and straiten thee on every side,

make a wall.

Context
Israel's Adultery Rebuked
5For their mother hath committed fornication, she that conceived them is covered with shame: for she said: I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread, and my water, my wool, and my flax, my oil, and my drink. 6Wherefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will stop it up with a wall, and she shall not find her paths.7And she shall follow after her lovers, and shall not overtake them: and she shall seek them, and shall not find, and she shall say: I will go, and return to my first husband: because it was better with me then than now.…
Cross References
2 Corinthians 12:7
And lest the greatness of the revelations should exalt me, there was given me a sting of my flesh, an angel of Satan, to buffet me.

Job 19:8
He hath hedged in my path round about, and I cannot pass, and in my way he hath set darkness.

Jeremiah 18:15
Because my people have forgotten me, sacrificing in vain, and stumbling in their ways, in ancient paths, to walk by them in a way not trodden:

Lamentations 3:7
Ghimel. He hath built against me round about, that I may not get out: he hath made my fetters heavy.

Lamentations 3:9
Ghimel. He hath shut up my ways with square stones, he hath turned my paths upside down.

Hosea 9:6
For behold they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them together, Memphis shall bury them: nettles shall inherit their beloved silver, the bur shall be in their tabernacles.

Hosea 10:8
And the high places of the idol, the sin of Israel shall be destroyed: the bur and the thistle shall grow up over their altars: and they shall say to the mountains Cover us; and to the hills: Fall upon us.

Lexicon
Therefore,
לָכֵ֛ן (lā·ḵên)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3651: So -- thus

behold,
הִנְנִי־ (hin·nî-)
Interjection | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2005: Lo! behold!

I will hedge up
שָׂ֥ךְ (śāḵ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7753: To hedge or fence up or about

her path
דַּרְכֵּ֖ךְ (dar·kêḵ)
Noun - common singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

with thorns;
בַּסִּירִ֑ים (bas·sî·rîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5518: A pot, a thorn, a hook

I will enclose her with a wall,
וְגָֽדַרְתִּי֙ (wə·ḡā·ḏar·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1443: To wall up or off, to build a wall

so she cannot
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

find
תִמְצָֽא׃ (ṯim·ṣā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

her way.
וּנְתִיבוֹתֶ֖יהָ (ū·nə·ṯî·ḇō·w·ṯe·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5410: Path, pathway


Additional Translations
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she shall not find her paths.

Therefore, behold, I hedge up her way with thorns, and I will stop the ways, and she shall not find her path.

Therefore behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns; and I will fence [her] in with a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will make a fence against her, that she shall not find her paths.

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she can't find her way.

Therefore, lo, I am hedging up thy way with thorns, And I have made for her a wall, And her paths she doth not find.
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