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Hosea 2:14

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12 I will destroy her vines and fig trees, which she thinks are the wages paid by her lovers. So I will make them into a thicket, and the beasts of the field will devour them.

13 I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.

“Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly.

15 There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.

16 In that day,” declares the LORD, “you will call Me ‘my Husband,’ and no longer call Me ‘my Master.’

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BSB
“Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly.
KJV
Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.
WEB
“Therefore behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.
ASV
Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.
DARBY
Therefore behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak to her heart.
BLB
“Therefore, behold, I am enticing her, and I will bring her into the desert, and I have spoken upon her heart.
ÅB
Se, derfor vil jeg lokke henne og føre henne ut i ørkenen og tale vennlig til henne,
OTB
«Derfor vil jeg lokke henne, føre henne ut i ørkenen, og tale vennlig til henne.
B1930
Se, derfor vil jeg lokke henne og føre henne ut i ørkenen og tale vennlig til henne,

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 40:1–2

    “Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.

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  • Ezekiel 20:35–36

    And I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, where I will enter into judgment with you face to face.

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  • Revelation 12:6

    And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.

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  • Isaiah 30:18

    Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.

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  • Genesis 34:3

    And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.

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  • John 6:44

    “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.

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  • Revelation 12:14

    But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.

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  • Romans 11:26–27

    And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob.

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