Hosea 2:14 (DBY)

Passage

Therefore behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak to her heart.

Nearby Context

Hosea 2:12 And I will make desolate her vine and her fig-tree, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards which my lovers have given me; and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.

Hosea 2:13 And I will visit upon her the days of the Baals, wherein she burned incense to them, and decked herself with her rings and jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, saith Jehovah.

Hosea 2:14 Therefore behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak to her heart.

Hosea 2:15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

Hosea 2:16 And it shall be in that day, saith Jehovah, [that] thou shalt call me, My husband, and shalt call me no more, Baali;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "behold", "allure", "bring", "wilderness", "speak", and "heart". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "behold", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "And I will visit upon her the..." into verse 15's "And I will give her her vineyards...", so "therefore" and "behold" belong inside that flow. In Hosea context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "therefore" and "behold" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.