"Therefore, behold, I will allure her, And bring her into the wilderness, And speak tenderly to her.
And I will speak then to her heart. What is the import of this expression we know from Isaiah 40:0. To speak to the heart is to bring comfort, to soothe grief by a kind word, to offer kindness, and to hold forth some hope, that he who had previously been worn out with sorrow may breathe freely, gather courage, and entertain hope of a better condition. And this kind of speaking ought to be carefully observed; for God means, that there was now no place for his promises, because the Israelites were so refractory. Paul did not say in vain to the Corinthians 