Give me Kind Words

Hos. 2:14-23

Hosea 2:14–23 ESV

14 “Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her. 15 And there I will give her her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. And there she shall answer as in the days of her youth, as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt. 16 “And in that day, declares the Lord, you will call me ‘My Husband,’ and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal.’ 17 For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be remembered by name no more. 18 And I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in safety. 19 And I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy. 20 I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And you shall know the Lord. 21 “And in that day I will answer, declares the Lord, I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth, 22 and the earth shall answer the grain, the wine, and the oil, and they shall answer Jezreel, 23 and I will sow her for myself in the land. And I will have mercy on No Mercy, and I will say to Not My People, ‘You are my people’; and he shall say, ‘You are my God.’ ”

The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia, Volumes 1–5 Allure

ALLURE, a-lūrʹ (פָּתָה, pāthāh, “to persuade,” “woo,” “entice”; δελεάζω, deleázō, “to entrap,” “lay a bait”):

(1) “I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness” (Hos 2:14), with evident reference to the Assyr invasion and the devastation of the land, followed up by the Exile. Thus would Jeh entice Israel to repent by gentle punishment; then would follow her restoration and the outpouring of His love (vs 14 ff).

(2) “They allure through the lusts of the flesh” (2 Pet 2:18, RV “entice”). Wicked men allure to destruction; God (as above) allures to punishment, repentance and restoration.

M. O. EVANS

Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains: Hebrew (Old Testament) 1808 I. דְּבִיר

1808 I. דְּבִיר (deḇîr): n.masc.; ≡ Str 1687; TWOT 399g—LN 7.35 inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place, i.e., a room within a building, about 30ft in length, width, and height (1Ki 6:5–31 passim; 7:49; 8:6, 8; 2Ch 3:16; 4:20; 5:7, 9; Ps 28:2+), note: for NIV text in 2Ch 3:16, see 8054

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