Hosea 2:14

"Therefore, behold, (This is God speaking to the Nation through the prophet. God said,) I will allure her, (In other words, just like a suitor.) I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her." Now, I think this is a reflection on their wilderness experience after they came out of Egypt, and how God providentially watched over them and cared for them and supplied their every need. He's going to try and do it again to bring them back to Himself. All right, now verse 15 is a promise of blessing, not of discipline, but blessing.

Hosea 2:15a

"And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope:..." Now that's a play on words. Because the first time you heard about Achor -- who knows what it was associated with? Achan -- it was the first city after Jericho, after they came into the Promised Land. They were told to go up and destroy the city of Ai, which evidently was a materially well-to-do city. God told them to destroy all the material goods. He warned them -- don't even take a nickel's worth of anything.

But you see, Achan, a good Jew, thought he could get away with it. You remember what he did.