Hosea 2:15 (DRB)

Passage

And I will give her vinedressers out of the same place, and the valley of Achor for an opening of hope: and she shall sing there according to the days of her youth, and according to the days of her coming up out of the land of Egypt.

Nearby Context

Hosea 2:13 And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, to whom she burnt incense, and decked herself out with her earrings, and with her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, saith the Lord.

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

Hosea 2:15 And I will give her vinedressers out of the same place, and the valley of Achor for an opening of hope: and she shall sing there according to the days of her youth, and according to the days of her coming up out of the land of Egypt.

Hosea 2:16 And it shall be in that day, saith the Lord: That she shall call me: My husband, and she shall call me no more Baali.

Hosea 2:17 And I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and she shall no more remember their name.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "give", "vinedressers", "same", "place", "valley", "achor", "opening", and "hope". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "give" and "vinedressers", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "Therefore behold I will allure her and..." into verse 16's "And it shall be in that day...", so "give" and "vinedressers" 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 "give" and "vinedressers" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.