Hosea 2:6
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
Context
This verse from Hosea Chapter 2 connects to 7 cross-references. The marriage metaphor extends to God's relationship with Israel: she has gone after her lovers not knowing God was the one who gave her grain, wine, and oil. God will block her path and woo her back to the wilderness …
Other Translations
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, lo, I am hedging up thy way with thorns, And I have made for her a wall, And her paths she doth not find.
For this cause I will put thorns in her road, building up a wall round her so that she may not go on her way.
Cross References
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in …
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave …
For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, …