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# General Information:
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Yahweh is talking to Hosea.
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# Therefore I will build up a hedge to block her way with thorns. I will build up a wall against her so she cannot find her way
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This passage indicates that Yahweh will prevent his people from finding success and prosperity, becuase they continue to worship idols. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# Then she will say, "I will return to my first husband, for it was better for me then than it is now."
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Israel will return to Yahweh not because of their love for him, but because they are disappointed by their worship of Baal. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/lover]] |