Hosea 2:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

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

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 bei...
Hosea 2:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up (h) thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. (h) I will punish you so that you may then test whether your idols can help you, and b...
Hosea 2:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 2:2-23 ( Hebrews 2:4-18 ). In this discourse, which seems to be based upon and imply the narrative in Hosea 1, 3, the prophet sets forth the unfaithfulness of the people and land of Israel...
Hosea 2:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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. No...
Hosea 2:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet here pursues the subject we touched upon yesterday; for he shows how necessary chastisement is, when people felicitate themselves in their vices. And God, when he sees that men conf...
Hosea 2:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1142 GOD CORRECTS AND RECLAIMS HIS PEOPLE Hosea 2:6-7 . 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...
Hosea 2:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. I will hedge up thy way with thorns - I will put it out of your power to escape the judgmen...
Hosea 2:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her p...
Hosea 2:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Discipline and Restoration of Faithless Israel The unfaithful conduct of Gomer and the prophet's gentle treatment of her are regarded as an analogue of the nation's faithlessness and God's gen...
Hosea 2:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(6-7) Contains a brief introductory prelude, summarizing the general contents of Hosea 2:8-23 . Jehovah addresses the adulterous wife: “I will erect impassable barriers that shall pierce and mangle...
Hosea 2:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hosea 2:1-23 ; Hosea 3:1-5 THE SIN AGAINST LOVE Hosea 1:1-11 ; Hosea 2:1-23 ; Hosea 3:1-5 ; Hosea 4:11 ff.; Hosea 9:10 ff.; Hosea 11:8 f. The Love of God is a terrible thing-that is...
Hosea 2:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Bitter Sin of Wandering from God Hosea 2:1-13 Hosea is represented as having exhausted his expostulations upon his faithless wife. He has tried every arrow in love's quiver, but in vain; so...
Hosea 2:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

No details of the unfaithfulness of Gomer are given, but in the second movement the prophet is seen nursing his own agony, and by that process learning the true nature of the sin of his people as God...
Hosea 2:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Lord raiseth perplexities in the soul, to embarrass and entangle the poor sinner in the wild and mad career the sinner is pursuing. And as thorns and briars, which were in the curse pronounced on...
Hosea 2:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns ,.... As fields and vineyards are fenced with thorn hedges to keep out beasts; or rather as closes and fields are fenced to keep cattle in, fro...
Hosea 2:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. Ver. 6. Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns ] i.e. with difficultie...
Hosea 2:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Hosea 2:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings of Judgment. B. C. 764. 6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with...
Hosea 2:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Therefore; because she is so impetuous and shameless in her idolatrous courses, nothing hath, and she resolves nothing shall, hinder her, but she will follow them. Behold; take notice of it, thou...
Hosea 2:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judgment Is To Fall On God's Rejected People Because They Have Followed False Religion And False Gods, Not Realising Who It Was Who Was Really Their Benefactor. They Will Be Exposed And Shamed, Some...
Hosea 2:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

In this chapter God compares Israel to a woman who had been unfaithful to her husband in the very worst and most wicked manner. Hosea 2:5 . For their mother hath played the harlot: she that concei...
Hosea 2:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 2:1 . Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi, that is, my people; and to your sisters, Ruhamah, that is, mercy, or oh mercy, or having obtained mercy, or mercy shall follow. Hosea 2:3 . Lest I...
Hosea 2:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns. Divine restraints God puts forth restraints on the sinner here. I. these restraints are manifold. “I will hedge up thy way with thorns...
Hosea 2:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Hosea 2:2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not thy wife, neither am I her husband. In this second chapter the same cycle of events recurs as in the first, with this di...
Hosea 2:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 1. Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi ("My people"); and to your sisters, Ruhamah ("having obtained mercy"). The original names of the children were thus changed to indicate their changed relatio...
Hosea 2:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 19:8 ; Job 3:23 ; Lamentations 3:7-9 ; Luke 15:14-16 ; Luke 19:43
Hosea 2:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hedge up — I will compass thee in with wars, and calamities, that tho' thou love thy sinful courses, thou shalt have little pleasure in them. Make a wall — Yea, I will make the calamities of this p...

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

Hosea 2:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Hosea 2:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 2:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hosea 2:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 2:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Hosea 2:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hosea 2:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hosea 2:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 2:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hosea 2:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hosea 2:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hosea 2:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hosea 2:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hosea 2:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hosea 2:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hosea 2:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 2:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hosea 2:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hosea 2:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 2:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Hosea 2:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 2:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hosea 2:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hosea 2:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hosea 2:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 2:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes