Charles Ellicott Commentary Hosea 2:14

"Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her." — Hosea 2:14 (ASV)

Therefore. This word does not make God’s gentle treatment a consequence of the sin of Israel. Some prefer to render it as nevertheless, but the Hebrew word lakhçn is sometimes used in making strong transitions, linked, it is true, with what precedes, but not as an inference. (Compare Isaiah 10:24.) Grace transforms her suffering into discipline. The exile in Babylon shall be a repetition of the experiences of the wilderness in which she was first espoused to Jehovah. There will I speak to her heart; that is, comfortingly, lovingly.