Hos 2:6-7, Luk 15:17-18 | ESV | STEP | Therefore I will hedge up her way with thorns , and I will build a wall against her, so that she cannot find her paths .

Hosea 2:6-7

6 Therefore ^aI will hedge up her ^{▼▼Hebrew your} way with thorns,
and ^cI will build a wall against her,
so that she cannot find her paths.
7 She shall pursue her lovers
but not overtake them,
and she shall seek them
but shall not find them.
^dThen she shall say,
‘I will go and return to ^emy first husband,
^ffor it was better for me then than now.’

Luke 15:17-18

17 “But ^gwhen he ^hcame to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, ⁱI have sinned against ^jheaven and before you.