Hosea 2:15 (WEB)

Passage

I will give her vineyards from there, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she will respond there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

Nearby Context

Hosea 2:13 I will visit on her the days of the Baals, to which she burned incense, when she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgot me,” says Yahweh.

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

Hosea 2:15 I will give her vineyards from there, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she will respond 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 It will be in that day,” says Yahweh, “that you will call me ‘my husband,’ and no longer call me ‘my master.’

Hosea 2:17 For I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth, and they will no longer be mentioned by name.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "give", "vineyards", "valley", "achor", "door", "hope", "respond", and "days". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "give" and "vineyards", 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 "It will be in that day says...", so "give" and "vineyards" 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 "vineyards" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.