Hosea 2:3; Hosea 2:14; Hosea 9:10; Hosea 13:5; Hosea 13:15

Hosea 2:3

3 Otherwise I will strip her naked and make her as bare as on the day she was born; I will make her like a desert, turn her into a parched land, and slay her with thirst.

Hosea 2:14

14 “Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her.

Hosea 9:10

10 “When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the desert; when I saw your ancestors, it was like seeing the early fruit on the fig tree. But when they came to Baal Peor, they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol and became as vile as the thing they loved.

Hosea 13:5

5 I cared for you in the wilderness, in the land of burning heat.

Hosea 13:15

15 even though he thrives among his brothers. An east wind from the LORD will come, blowing in from the desert; his spring will fail and his well dry up. His storehouse will be plundered of all its treasures.