"Therefore, behold, I will allure her, And bring her into the wilderness, And speak tenderly to her.
He therefore says, After I shall draw her into the wilderness, then I will persuade, or,turn her. I prefer the word, turning or inclining, though the word, persuading, is by no means unsuitable. But there seems to be an implied comparison between the present contumacy of the people, and the obedience they would render to their God after having been subdued by various afflictions. “The people,” he says, “will be then pliable, when they shall be drawn into the wilderness.” 