OLD TESTAMENT

Hosea 2:6

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Therefore behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she can’t find her way.

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Verse 6. Paths. The aid which she sought from foreigners shall prove vain.—It is often an effect of mercy, when our wicked plans miscarry. Saint Jerome

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“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.

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