Israel's Unfaithfulness Punished
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. Hos 2:6
I will hedge... The prediction is that she would not be happy and successful in her life of harlotry—she would long for her husband again and return to him (Hos. 2:6-8). I will erect impassable barriers that shall pierce and mangle her flesh.
way with thorns... The path of evil shall be a path of thorns.”
shall not find...She was determined to go her own way. She does not follow in the path God has made for her. When she decides to do this, God covers His path that He had left for her with thorns. She will not be able to find her way back, unless God removes the thorns. Christians know that Jesus is the Way. To try to get to heaven other than by Jesus is impossible. To walk in sin even now, obscures the path that leads to God.
In response the Lord declared that He would soon eliminate all means of access to these lovers. Israel would find familiar paths blocked with thorns and stone walls (Hos. 2:6). Her frantic efforts to find her lovers would be thwarted (Hos. 2:7).
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