호세아 2:6-7 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:6

Divine restraints. "Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths." "There is a twofold hedge," says Burroughs, "that God makes about his people. There is the hedge of protection to keep evil from them, and there is the hedge of affliction to keep them from evil. The hedge of protection you have in Isaiah 5:5 , where God threatens that he will take away the hedge from his vineyard, that is, he will take away his protection; and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:6-13

The pains and penalties that are attached to sin. In the Book of Judges it is stated once and again that, when the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, he delivered them into the hand of their enemies. "They forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of the spoilers that spoiled them; The children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord And the Lord sold them into the hand... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:7

And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them. This portion of the verse expresses the consequence of the preceding. However eagerly she follows after them—and the form of the verb (Piel conjugation) expresses that eagerness—she shall only experience the ineffectual nature of her efforts, and feel the impossibility of overtaking the darling objects of her pursuit. However earnestly she seeks them (here the Piel is... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 2:6

Therefore - that is, because she said, “I will go after my lovers,” “behold I will hedge up thy ways;” literally, “behold, I hedging.” It expresses an immediate future, or something which, as being fixed in the mind of God, is as certain as if it were actually taking place. So swift and certain should be her judgments.Thy way - God had before spoken of Israel; now He turns to her, pronouncing judgment upon her; then again He turneth away from her, as not deigning to regard her. “If the sinner’s... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 2:7

And she shall follow after - The words rendered “follow after and seek” (רדך, בקשׁ) are intensive and express “eager, vehement pursuit,” and “diligent search.” They express, together, a pursuit, whose minuteness is not hindered by its vehemence, nor its extent and wideness by its exactness. She shall seek far and wide, minutely and carefully, everywhere and in all things, and shall fail in all. For eighteen hundred years the Jews have chased after a phantom, a Christ, triumphing, after the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 2:6-7

Hosea 2:6-7. Therefore I will hedge up thy way with thorns, &c. That is, with difficulties and distresses; and make a wall Hebrew, גדרה , a stone fence. I will effectually block up her way, and surround her with great calamities. That she shall not find her paths That she shall not know which way to turn to extricate herself from them. And she shall follow after her lovers She shall seek for help of her idols, and her idolatrous allies, but shall receive none. Or, as... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hosea 2:2-23

Unfaithful Israel (2:2-23)In Chapter 2 Hosea’s sons are apparently now grown up and Hosea asks them to plead with their mother to return to him. In the same way the minority of faithful believers in Israel plead with the faithless nation to return to God (2).Israel’s adultery was to follow Baal instead of Yahweh. The people believed that Baal was the god of nature and he would give them happiness. Just as a husband could strip his unfaithful wife and send her away naked, so God will, by drought... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 2:6

behold. Figure of speech Asterismos ( App-6 ) for emphasis. hedge up, &c. Compare Job 8:23 ; Job 19:8 . Lamentations 3:7 , Lamentations 3:9 . thy way. Jehovah had spoken of Israel. Now He speaks to her. make a wall = Hebrew wall a (stone) wall. Figure of speech Polyptoton ( App-6 ) for emphasis = rear a stone wall. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 2:7

follow after = eagerly follow after. I will go, &c. Compare Hos 6:15 .Luke 15:18 . first husband. Compare Ezekiel 16:8 . than. Supply the Ellipsis : "than [it is] now". read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 2:6

"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."Here is the first of a triple strategy God will use in order to restrain, punish, and allure the harlot (Hosea 2:6,9,14) with the purpose of bringing her back to himself. There is a distinct shift of the meaning throughout these verses. As Halley (and many others) have pointed out, "Some of this language applies to Hosea's family, some to the nation, some to both, the... read more