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Hosea 2:14
14But listen! One day, I will speak kind words to her. I will lead her into the wilderness. I will tell her that I love her.
Hosea 2:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.
- New International Version (NIV)“Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Therefore, behold, I will allure her, Will bring her into the wilderness, And speak comfort to her.
Context of Hosea 2:14
12I will destroy her vines and her fig trees. She said that those were the things that her lovers paid to her. But I will make her gardens become like a forest. Only wild animals will eat the fruit from those trees. 13I will punish her because she burned incense to the idols of Baal. I will punish her because she made herself beautiful with jewels when she went to sleep with her lovers. I will punish her because she did those things but she forgot about me. That is what the Lord says. But listen! One day, I will speak kind words to her. I will lead her into the wilderness. I will tell her that I love her. 15There, I will give her the vineyards that she had before. I will change Trouble Valley into a place where there is hope. She will be happy with me there, as she was when she was young. That was the time when she came out of Egypt. 16The Lord says this: When that happens, you will call me, ‘My husband’. You will never again call me, ‘Baal, my master’.
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לָכֵ֗ן הִנֵּ֤ה אָֽנֹכִי֙ מְפַתֶּ֔יהָ וְהֹֽלַכְתִּ֖יהָ הַמִּדְבָּ֑ר וְדִבַּרְתִּ֖י עַל לִבָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Hosea 2:14
- Isaiah 30:18So the Lord is waiting for the right time to be kind to you. He is ready to show his great love for you. The Lord God does what is right and fair. Everyone who waits for him to come and help them is a happy person!
- Jeremiah 16:14The Lord also said, ‘Listen! A better time will come. When people make a promise, they will not say, “I promise to do this as surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites safely out of Egypt.”
- John 6:44The Father has sent me. Nobody can come to me unless the Father brings them to me. I will raise those people up on the last day, so that they have life for ever.
- John 12:32But when people lift me up from the ground, then I will bring everyone to myself.’
- Hosea 2:3If she does not return to me, I will remove all her clothes. She will have nothing to wear, like the day when she was born. She will be ashamed. Her life will be useless and empty, like a dry land that has no water. Then I will leave her to die because she has no water to drink.
- Jeremiah 2:2He said, ‘Go and tell this to the people in Jerusalem: “This is what the Lord says: I remember how you used to love me when you were young. You loved me as a young wife loves her husband. You followed me through the wilderness, where no crops were growing.
- Ezekiel 20:10So I brought my people out of Egypt. I led them into the wilderness.
- Revelation 12:6The woman ran away into the wilderness. God had prepared a special place to keep her safe there for 1,260 days.
- Isaiah 35:3If your hands feel weak, now be strong! If your knees are shaking, now be brave!
- Isaiah 40:1Your God says, ‘Comfort my people. Yes, comfort them.
- Isaiah 49:13Shout with joy, everything in the sky! Be happy, everything on the earth! Sing loudly, you mountains! Be happy, because the Lord comforts his people. He will be kind to his people who have trouble and pain.
- Isaiah 51:3Surely, the Lord will comfort Zion's people. He will take care of the buildings that enemies have destroyed. Zion's land that is now a wilderness will become like the beautiful Garden of Eden. It will be the Lord's own garden! People will be happy again in Zion. They will sing with joy to thank God.
- Jeremiah 3:12Go now. Shout this message to my people in the north: “You people of Israel have not been faithful to me. But now return to me,” says the Lord. “I will not always turn away from you. I am kind and I forgive people. I will not be angry with you for ever,” says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 30:18The Lord says, ‘I will bring back Jacob's descendants to their own land. Enemies have knocked down their houses, but I will repair the homes where they lived. I will be kind to them, so that each family can live safely. The city will stand again in its right place. The palace will also stand where it was before.
- Jeremiah 31:1The Lord says this: ‘When that time comes, I will be the God of every family in Israel. And they will be my people.’
- Jeremiah 32:36You are right to say, “War, famine and disease will cause the king of Babylon to get power over this city.” But I, the Lord, Israel's God, tell you this:
Commentaries on Hosea 2:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her - After inflicting many judgments upon her, I will restore her again. I will deal with her as a very affectionate husband would do to an unfaithful wife. Instead of making her a public example, he takes her in private, talks to and reasons with her; puts her on her good behavior; promises to pass by all, and forgive all, if she will now amend her ways. In the meantime he…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-23Verses 14-23 After these judgments the Lord would deal with Israel more gently. By the promise of rest in Christ we are invited to take his yoke upon us; and the work of conversion may be forwarded by comforts as well as by convictions. But usually the Lord drives us to despair of earthly joy, and help from ourselves, that, being shut from every other door, we may knock at Mercy's gate. From that time Israel would be more truly attached to the Lord; no…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-15The third judgment (see note on Hosea 2:6–7) is a surprise. The Lord, who had innocently suffered from Israel's repeated unfaithfulness, announces he will try to win Israel back. He will lead her into the desert, where he first made a covenant with her, away from the tempting Canaanite religion. The Valley of Achor was where Israel first disobeyed after entering the promised land (Joshua 7:24–26). The Lord had the will and power to give Israel a new start…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. Therefore--rather, "Nevertheless" [Henderson]. English Version gives a more lovely idea of God. That which would provoke all others to unappeasable wrath, Israel's perversity and consequent punishment, is made a reason why God should at last have mercy on her. As the "therefore" (Ho 2:9) expresses Israel's punishment as the consequence of Israel's guilt, so "therefore" here, as in Ho 2:6, expresses, that when that punishment has effected its designed…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Hosea 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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