Hosea 2:14

Therefore, behold, I will cause her to err, and will make her as desolate, and will speak comfortably to her.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.

In Context

13And I will recompense on her the days of Baalim, wherein she sacrificed to them, and put on her ear-rings, and her necklaces, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, says the Lord.

15And I will giver her possessions from thence, and the valley of Achor to open her understanding: and she shall be afflicted there according to the days of her infancy, and according to the days of her coming up out of the land of Egypt.

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Cross References

Genesis 34:3And he was attached to the soul of Dina the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and he spoke + 34:3 Lit. spoke according to the heart of the damsel — to her. A literal version of the Hebrew. kindly to the damsel.

Song of Solomon 1:4They have drawn you: we will run after you, for the smell of your ointments: the king has brought me into closet: let us rejoice and be glad in you; we will love your breasts more than wine: righteousness loves you.

Isaiah 30:18And the Lord will again wait, that he may pity you, and will therefore be exalted that he may have mercy upon you: because the Lord your God is a judge: blessed are they that + 30:18 Or, wait for stay themselves upon him.

Isaiah 40:1Comfort you⌃, comfort you⌃ my people, says God.

Isaiah 51:3And now I will comfort you, O Sion: and I have comforted all her desert places; and I will make her desert places as a garden, and her + 51:3 Heb. שוב ambiguous. western places as the garden of the Lord; they shall find in her gladness and exultation, thanksgiving and the voice of praise.

Jeremiah 3:12Go and read these words toward the north, and you shall say, Return to me, O house of Israel, says the Lord; and I will not set my face against you: for I am merciful, says the Lord, and I will not be angry with you for ever.

Matthew Henry on Hosea 2:7-14

Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 764.) 6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. 7 And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now. 8 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. 9 Therefore… Read the whole commentary →

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