Hosea 2:6-7 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.… 1. In times of affliction the only rest of the soul is to return to God. 2. So long as men can have anything in their sinful way to satisfy themselves with, they will not return to God. 3. Returning to God, if it be in truth, though it be after we have sought out all other helps, yet God is willing to accept. 4. A heart effectually wrought upon by God, is a resolute heart to return to God. 5. Those who have ever found the sweetness of Christ in their hearts, though they should be backsliders, have something remaining that will at length draw them to Him. 6. There must be a sight and an acknowledgment of our shameful folly, or else there can be no true returning to God. 7. Though acknowledgment must go before, returning must follow. (Jeremiah Burroughs.) Parallel Verses KJV: Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. |
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