...their mother hath played the harlot : she that conceived them hath done shamefully : for she said, I 5 G ^f Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and 'make a wall, that she shall not find...

...conceived them hath caused shame : For she hath said, I will go after my lovers, Who give me my food and my water, My wool and my flax, mine oil and my strong drink. 6 Therefore behold I will hedge up her way with thorns, And I will close up her enclosure...

...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...water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink. For their mother, the Church of Israel, hath given herself over to spiritual fornications; and hath...

...: she that conceived them hath done shamefully : for she said, I will go after my lovers, that glee me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink. For their mother, the Church of Israel, hath given herself over to spiritual fornications ; and hath...

...have I any more to do with idols? they have first been made thorns in his side : See Hosea ii. 6. " I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths," and verse 14. " I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness."...

...transgression. In such a case, the affliction is most wise and merciful. " Therefore," says God, " behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall that she shall not find her paths ; and she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them...

...place, under the similitude of a treacherous and adulterous wife, Israel is represented as saying, " I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and...water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink." And what follows? God, as though determined to subdue her, says, " Therefore, behold, I will hedge...

...the Lord towards Israel is exactly that which is suited to prepare the way for their return to him. " Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense...

...25. Prophet speaketh, dat escam, " He giveth us meat." The idolatrous people say of their idols, I will go after my lovers that give me my bread, and my water, my oil, and my Ho». 2. 8. wine ; but God saith after, " It is I That gave her corn, and it 2Cor. 9.10....

...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...water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink. 6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find...