Parallel Verses

King James 2000

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

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 And I will punish her for the days of Baalim, when she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgot me, says the LORD. 14  Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. 15 And I will give her her vineyards from there, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.



Cross References

Ezekiel 20:35-36

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

Genesis 34:3

And his soul clung unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke kindly unto the damsel.

Judges 19:3

And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of donkeys: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the young woman saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

Song of Songs 1:4

Draw me, we will run after you: the king has brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in you, we will remember your love more than wine: the upright love you.

Isaiah 30:18

And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of justice: blessed are all they that wait for him.

Isaiah 35:3-4

Strengthen you the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees.

Isaiah 40:1-2

Comfort you, comfort you my people, says your God.

Isaiah 49:13-26

Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD has comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.

Isaiah 51:3-23

For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found in it, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

Jeremiah 2:2

Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the LORD; I remember you, the kindness of your youth, the love of your betrothal, when you followed me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

Jeremiah 3:12-24

Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, you backsliding Israel, says the LORD; and I will not cause my anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, says the LORD, and I will not keep anger forever.

Jeremiah 16:14

Therefore, behold, the days come, says the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD lives, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

Jeremiah 30:18-22

Thus says the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwelling places; and the city shall be built upon its own mound, and the palace shall stand in its proper place.

Jeremiah 31:1-37

At the same time, says the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

Jeremiah 32:36-41

And now therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, of which you say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;

Jeremiah 33:6-26

Behold, I will bring it health and healing, and I will heal them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

Ezekiel 20:10

Therefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.

Ezekiel 34:22-31

Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.

Ezekiel 36:8-15

But you, O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are soon to come.

Ezekiel 37:11-28

Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off on our part.

Ezekiel 39:25-29

Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captives of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;

Hosea 2:3

Lest I strip her naked, and make her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and make her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.

Amos 9:11-15

In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up its breaches; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will rebuild it as in the days of old:

Micah 7:14-20

Feed your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, who dwell alone in the forest, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

Zephaniah 3:9-20

For then will I restore to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one accord.

Zechariah 1:12-17

Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long will you not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which you have had indignation these threescore and ten years?

Zechariah 8:19-23

Thus says the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.

John 6:44

No man can come to me, except the Father who has sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

John 12:32

And I, if I be 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 the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

Revelation 12:6

And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and three score 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, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

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