“‘Therefore,
I will now allure her.
I will bring her
Into the wilderness.
I will speak tenderly
To her.
From there,
I will give her
Her vineyards.
I will make
The Valley of Achor
A door of hope.
There she shall respond
As in the days
Of her youth,
As at the time.
When she came out
Of the land of Egypt.’”
Now Yahweh was going to lure her back into the wilderness. He was going to speak tenderly to her. Her vineyards would be returned. The Valley of Achor, near Jericho, would be a door of hope for her, instead of a place of sin. Then Israel would respond, as in the days of her youth in the wilderness, after she left Egypt.
