Parallel Verses

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.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"Wherefore behold: I will call her again, bring her into a wilderness, and speak friendly unto 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 for the days of the Baals
When she used to offer sacrifices to them
And adorn herself with her earrings and jewelry,
And follow her lovers, so that she forgot Me,” declares the Lord.
14 “Therefore, behold, I will allure her,
Bring her into the wilderness
And speak kindly to her.
15 “Then I will give her her vineyards from there,
And the valley of Achor as a door of hope.
And she will sing there as in the days of her youth,
As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.



Cross References

Ezekiel 20:35-36

and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face.

Genesis 34:3

He was deeply attracted to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke tenderly to her.

Judges 19:3

Then her husband arose and went after her to speak tenderly to her in order to bring her back, taking with him his servant and a pair of donkeys. So she brought him into her father’s house, and when the girl’s father saw him, he was glad to meet him.

Song of Songs 1:4

“Draw me after you and let us run together!
The king has brought me into his chambers.”
We will rejoice in you and be glad;
We will extol your love more than wine.
Rightly do they love you.”

Isaiah 30:18

Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you,
And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
How blessed are all those who long for Him.

Isaiah 35:3-4

Encourage the exhausted, and strengthen the feeble.

Isaiah 40:1-2

Comfort, O comfort My people,” says your God.

Isaiah 49:13-26

Shout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth!
Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains!
For the Lord has comforted His people
And will have compassion on His afflicted.

Isaiah 51:3-23

Indeed, the Lord will comfort Zion;
He will comfort all her waste places.
And her wilderness He will make like Eden,
And her desert like the garden of the Lord;
Joy and gladness will be found in her,
Thanksgiving and sound of a melody.

Jeremiah 2:2

“Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord,
“I remember concerning you the devotion of your youth,
The love of your betrothals,
Your following after Me in the wilderness,
Through a land not sown.

Jeremiah 3:12-24

Go and proclaim these words toward the north and say,
Return, faithless Israel,’ declares the Lord;
I will not look upon you in anger.
For I am gracious,’ declares the Lord;
‘I will not be angry forever.

Jeremiah 16:14

Therefore behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when it will no longer be said, ‘As the Lord lives, who brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt,’

Jeremiah 30:18-22

“Thus says the Lord,
‘Behold, I will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob
And have compassion on his dwelling places;
And the city will be rebuilt on its ruin,
And the palace will stand on its rightful place.

Jeremiah 31:1-37

“At that time,” declares the Lord, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people.”

Jeremiah 32:36-41

“Now therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel concerning this city of which you say, ‘It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword, by famine and by pestilence.’

Jeremiah 33:6-26

Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them; and I will reveal to them an abundance of peace and truth.

Ezekiel 20:10

So I took them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness.

Ezekiel 34:22-31

therefore, I will deliver My flock, and they will no longer be a prey; and I will judge between one sheep and another.

Ezekiel 36:8-15

But you, O mountains of Israel, you will put forth your branches and bear your fruit for My people Israel; for they will soon come.

Ezekiel 37:11-28

Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope has perished. We are completely cut off.’

Ezekiel 39:25-29

Therefore thus says the Lord God, “Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for My holy name.

Hosea 2:3

Or I will strip her naked
And expose her as on the day when she was born.
I will also make her like a wilderness,
Make her like desert land
And slay her with thirst.

Amos 9:11-15

“In that day I will raise up the fallen booth of David,
And wall up its breaches;
I will also raise up its ruins
And rebuild it as in the days of old;

Micah 7:14-20

Shepherd Your people with Your scepter,
The flock of Your possession
Which dwells by itself in the woodland,
In the midst of a fruitful field.
Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead
As in the days of old.

Zephaniah 3:9-20

“For then I will give to the peoples purified lips,
That all of them may call on the name of the Lord,
To serve Him shoulder to shoulder.

Zechariah 1:12-17

Then the angel of the Lord said, “O Lord of hosts, how long will You have no compassion for Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been indignant these seventy years?”

Zechariah 8:19-23

“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘The fast of the fourth, the fast of the fifth, the fast of the seventh and the fast of the tenth months will become joy, gladness, and cheerful feasts for the house of Judah; so love truth and peace.’

John 6:44

No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.

John 12:32

And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself.”

Romans 11:26-27

and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written,
The Deliverer will come from Zion,
He will remove ungodliness from Jacob.”

Revelation 12:6

Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she *had a place prepared by God, so that there she would be nourished for one thousand two hundred and sixty days.

Revelation 12:14

But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place, where she *was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.

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