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 2:14 in Other Translations

KJV
14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.
ESV
14 "Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.
NLT
14 “But then I will win her back once again. I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her there.
MSG
14 "And now, here's what I'm going to do: I'm going to start all over again. I'm taking her back out into the wilderness where we had our first date, and I'll court her.
CSB
14 Therefore, I am going to persuade her, lead her to the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.

Hosea 2:14 In-Context

12 I will ruin her vines and her fig trees, which she said were her pay from her lovers; I will make them a thicket, and wild animals will devour them.
13 I will punish her for the days she burned incense to the Baals; she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers, but me she forgot,” declares the LORD.
14 “Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her.
15 There I will give her back her vineyards, and will make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. There she will respond as 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’; you will no longer call me ‘my master. ’

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Ezekiel 19:13
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