Hosea 2:14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 2:14-23

The state of Israel ruined by their own sin did not look so black and dismal in the former part of the chapter, but that the state of Israel, restrained by the divine grace, looks as bright and pleasant here in the latter part of the chapter, and the more surprisingly so as the promises follow thus close upon the threatenings; nay, which is very strange, they are by a note of connexion joined to, and inferred from, that declaration of their sinfulness upon which the threatenings of their ruin... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 2:14

Therefore, behold, I will allure her ,.... Since these rough ways will not do, I will take another, a more mild and gentle way; instead of threatening, terrifying, and punishing, I will allure, persuade, and entice, giving loving words and winning language: or "nevertheless", or "notwithstanding" F13 לכן "atqui, vel attamen", Glassius. : so Noldius and others render the particle; though they have thus behaved themselves, and such methods have been taken with them to no purpose, yet... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 2:14

I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her - After inflicting many judgments upon her, I will restore her again. I will deal with her as a very affectionate husband would do to an unfaithful wife. Instead of making her a public example, he takes her in private, talks to and reasons with her; puts her on her good behavior; promises to pass by all, and forgive all, if she will now amend her ways. In the meantime he provides what is necessary for her... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 2:14

Verse 14 Here the Lord more clearly expresses, that after having long, and in various ways, afflicted the people, he would at length be propitious to them; and not only so, but that he would also make all their punishments to be conducive to their salvation, and to be medicines to heal their diseases. But there is an inversion in the words, Behold, I will incline her, and I will make her to go into the wilderness; and so they ought to be explained thus, “Behold, I will incline her, or, persuade... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:14

Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. As in Hosea 2:2-5 we have an exposure of Israel's sin, and in Hosea 2:6-13 an enumeration of her sufferings by penal inflictions; so Hosea 2:14-23 contain a touching exhibition of Divine succor and support. The transition is abrupt. Hosea 2:14-17 exhibit the gradual change wrought in Israel through the progressive means of improvement employed by Jehovah. Israel's future is here... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:14

Comfortable words. In the later periods of Jewish history, references were frequently made to the early experiences by which Israel had been, in the providence of God, made a nation. In this verse the prophet, in assuring the people that the time of Divine reconciliation and favor was approaching, sets forth this prospect in language borrowed from the days of the Exodus. Then Jehovah had delivered his people from the bondage of Egypt, had led them into the wilderness, and there had entered... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:14

Israel's recovery. It had already been told that God's dealings with Israel would not be permanently in vain. This truth is now expanded. Times and seasons are not specified; for 1. The earliest phase of the predicted allurement is seen in the promises held out in connection with the return from the Babylonian captivity. These promises embraced Israel as well as Judah (Isaiah 40-66.; Ezekiel 37:1-28 .; Zechariah 8:1-23 ; etc). The result, however, showed that Israel was not yet in a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:14-15

The message from home. There will be but little difficulty in the exposition of this passage if we remember that two distinct figures are blended by the prophet. On the one hand he recalls the early history of Israel. He remembers their degradation in Egypt, and traces the moral effects upon them of the wilderness-life which transformed a horde of slaves into a nation; binding each man to his fellow, and all to God. To the prophet, as a moral teacher, the wilderness appears the place for the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:14-15

Soul-restoration. "Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. 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." These words refer to the restoration of Israel to friendship and fellowship with God. "The desert," says Delitzsch, "into which the Lord will lead his people cannot... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:14-18

Allurement. Wonderful are the steps of Divine love in the history of the recovery of a soul. View those which are here presented. I. WILDERNESS PREPARATION . ( Hosea 2:14 ) Chastisement would prepare the way for mercy. Israel was to be taken out "into the wilderness." There, deprived of her idols, and stripped of her earthly blessings, she would bethink herself of the God from whom she had departed. It takes much discipline, oftentimes, to bring us into the state of mind in which... read more

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