Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"Wherefore behold: I will call her again, bring her into a wilderness, and speak friendly unto her.

New American Standard Bible

“Therefore, behold, I will allure her,
Bring her into the wilderness
And speak kindly to her.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Therefore, I am going to persuade her,
lead her to the wilderness,
and speak tenderly to her.

International Standard Version

"Therefore, look! I will now allure her. I will make her go out to the wilderness, and will speak to her heart.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“Therefore, behold, I will allure Israel
And bring her into the wilderness,
And I will speak tenderly to her [to reconcile her to Me].

Bible in Basic English

For this cause I will make her come into the waste land and will say words of comfort to her.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

For this, behold, I entice her, and I caused her to go into the desert, and I spake to her heart.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Therefore, Look! I [am] going to allure her and bring her [into] the desert, and {I will speak tenderly to her}.

Modern King James verseion

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

NET Bible

However, in the future I will allure her; I will lead her back into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Therefore, lo! I, am going to persuade her, and, though I conduct her forth into wilderness, yet will I speak unto her heart.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

Therefore, lo, I am enticing her, And have caused her to go to the wilderness, And I have spoken unto her heart,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
פּתה 
Pathah 
Usage: 28

her, and bring
ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

מדבּר 
Midbar 
Usage: 271

and speak
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

Context Readings

Israel's Adultery Forgiven

13 I will punish her also for the days of Baal, wherein she censed him, decking him with her earrings and chains: when she followed her lovers, and forgat me, sayeth the LORD. 14 "Wherefore behold: I will call her again, bring her into a wilderness, and speak friendly unto her. 15 There will I give her, her vineyards again; yea, and the valley of Achor also, to show her hope and comfort. Then shall she sing there as in the time of her youth, and like as in the day when she came out of the land of Egypt.



Cross References

Ezekiel 20:35-36

and will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there I will reason with you face to face.

Genesis 34:3

and his heart lay unto Dina, the daughter of Jacob. And he loved the damsel and spake kindly unto her,

Judges 19:3

And her husband arose and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her home again; and his lad with him and a couple of asses. And she brought him unto her father's house, and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced of his coming.

Song of Songs 1:4

Draw thou me unto thee; we will run after thee. The king hath brought me into his privy chamber: We will be glad and rejoice in thee, we think more of thy love than of wine. They that be righteous love thee.

Isaiah 30:18

Yet standeth the LORD waiting, that he may have mercy upon you, and lifteth himself up, that he may receive you to grace. For the LORD God is righteous. Happy are all they that wait for him.

Isaiah 35:3-4

And therefore strengthen the weak hands, and comfort the feeble knees.

Isaiah 40:1-2

Comfort my people, O ye prophets; comfort my people, sayeth your God.

Isaiah 49:13-26

Rejoice ye heavens, and sing praises thou earth: Talk of joy ye hills, for God will comfort his people, and have mercy upon his, that be in trouble.

Isaiah 51:3-23

For the LORD hath compassion on Zion and hath compassion on all that is decayed therein, and will make her wilderness as paradise, and her desert as the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness shall be found therein, with thanksgiving and the voice of praise.

Jeremiah 2:2

"Go thy way, cry in the ears of Jerusalem, and say, 'Thus sayeth the LORD: I remember thee for the kindness of thy youth, and because of thy steadfast love: in that thou followedst me through the wilderness, in an untilled land.

Jeremiah 3:12-24

and therefore go preach these words toward the north, and say, 'Thou shrinking Israel, turn again, sayeth the LORD; and I will not turn my face from you, for I am merciful, sayeth the LORD. And I will not always bear displeasure against thee:

Jeremiah 16:14

"Behold therefore, sayeth the LORD, the days are come that it shall no more be said, 'The LORD liveth, which brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.'

Jeremiah 30:18-22

"For thus sayeth the LORD: Behold, I will set up Jacob's tents again, and defend his dwelling place. The city shall be builded in her old estate, and their houses shall have their right foundation.

Jeremiah 31:1-37

At the same time, sayeth the LORD, shall I be the God of all the generations of Israel, and they shall be my people."

Jeremiah 32:36-41

"'Moreover thus hath the LORD God of Israel spoken, concerning this city, which - as ye yourselves confess - shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, when it is won with the sword, with hunger and with pestilence.

Jeremiah 33:6-26

Behold, sayeth the LORD, I will heal their wounds and make them whole: I will open them the treasure of peace and truth.

Ezekiel 20:10

"'Now when I had carried them out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness,

Ezekiel 34:22-31

I will help my sheep, so that they shall no more be spoiled: yea, I will discern one sheep from another.

Ezekiel 36:8-15

And as for you, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot out your branches, and bring forth your fruit to my people of Israel: for it is hard by, that it will come.

Ezekiel 37:11-28

Moreover, he said unto me, "Thou son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, 'Our bones are dried up, our hope is gone, we are clean cut off.'

Ezekiel 39:25-29

Therefore thus sayeth the LORD God: Now will I bring again the captives of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and be jealous for my holy name's sake.

Hosea 2:3

If no, I shall strip her naked, and set her, even as she came into the world. Yea, I shall lay her waste, and make her like a wilderness, and slay her for thirst.

Amos 9:11-15

"At that time will I build again the tabernacle of David, that is fallen down, and hedge up his gaps. And look: what is broken, I shall repair it. Yea, I shall build it again, as it was a fore time,

Micah 7:14-20

Therefore feed thy people with thy rod; the flock of thine heritage which dwell desolate in the wood: that they may be fed upon the mount of Carmel, Bashan and Gilead as afore time.

Zephaniah 3:9-20

And then will I cleanse the lips of the people, that they may every each one call upon the name of the LORD, and serve him with one shoulder.

Zechariah 1:12-17

Then the LORD's angel gave answer, and said, 'O LORD of Hosts, how long wilt thou be unmerciful to Jerusalem and to the cities of Judah, with whom thou hast been displeased now these seventy years?'

Zechariah 8:19-23

"Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts: The fast of the fourth month, the fast of the fifth, the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be joy and gladness, and prosperous high feasts unto the house of Judah: Only, love the truth and peace.

John 6:44

No man can come to me except the father, which hath sent me, draw him. And I will raise him up at the last day.

John 12:32

And I, if I were lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me."

Romans 11:26-27

And so all Israel shall be saved. As it is written, "There shall come out of Zion he that doth deliver, and shall turn away the ungodliness of Jacob.

Revelation 12:6

And the woman fled into wilderness, where she had a place, prepared of God, that they should feed her there, one thousand two hundred and sixty days.

Revelation 12:14

And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, times, and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.

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