Hosea 2:14

I will allure her. This abrupt transition heightens the picture of the persistent, unfailing love of God toward His people in spite of all their waywardness. Note the striking contrast between Israel’s “forget me” in the previous verse and God’s “allure her” in this. We may forget God, but He cannot forget us (Isa. 49:14-16).

Into the wilderness. Since Egypt was Israel’s house of bondage, the exodus into the wilderness represented deliverance and redemptive freedom. The wilderness also was the preparatory school in which God trained Israel for Canaan and for national development, the place where God entered into covenant relationship with His people while they were on their way to the Promised Land. What God had attempted to accomplish for Israel at the time of the wilderness experience He would seek to accomplish for her in Hosea’s day.