Parallel Verses

King James Version

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.

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 And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith 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 thence, 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 plead with you face to face.

Genesis 34:3

And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake 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 asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

Song of Songs 1:4

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

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 judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

Isaiah 35:3-4

Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

Isaiah 40:1-2

Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

Isaiah 49:13-26

Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath 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 therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

Jeremiah 2:2

Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after 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, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.

Jeremiah 16:14

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

Jeremiah 30:18-22

Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.

Jeremiah 31:1-37

At the same time, saith 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 saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye 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 cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

Ezekiel 20:10

Wherefore 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 cattle and cattle.

Ezekiel 36:8-15

But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand 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 for our parts.

Ezekiel 39:25-29

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity 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 set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set 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 the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:

Micah 7:14-20

Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, 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 turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.

Zechariah 1:12-17

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

Zechariah 8:19-23

Thus saith 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 which hath 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 Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

Revelation 12:6

And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore 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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