Hosea 2:14

Future Repentance and Restoration of Israel

2:14 However, in the future I will allure her;46

I will lead47 her back into the wilderness,

and speak tenderly to her.

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46	tn The participle מְפַתֶּיהָ (méfatteha, Piel participle masculine singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix from פָּתָה, patah, “to allure”) following the deictic particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “Now!”) describes an event that will occur in the immediate or near future.
47	tn Following the future-time referent participle (מְפַתֶּיהָ, méfatteha) there is a string of perfects introduced by vav consecutive that refer to future events.