Charles Spurgeon 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, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.

You might have thought the Lord was going to say, "Therefore, behold, I will destroy her." Nothing of the kind: "I will fascinate her to myself; I will draw her away from all her idol lovers, and I will speak comfortably unto her."

Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably to her.

Oh, glorious verse! She who went so far astray, God will come and draw her back from the path of sin.

He will get her alone; He will bring her into a place of grief and sorrow, a wilderness. Then He will come near and speak sweet words of comfort into her ear.

I will allure her, as bird-catchers whistle to birds and draw them to the net, so will I allure her and bring her into the wilderness—the place of loneliness, the place of want.

And I will speak to her heart, so the Hebrew has it, for God knows how to speak not only into the ear but also into the heart.