2:14
So the people forgot the Lord, but God did not forget them. He used severe treatment, but the goal, the purpose was to bring her back to Him. He would take her into the wilderness and speak comfort to her. Yet again we see how the sovereignty of God and the responsibility of man work together. God would allure her into the desert and there He would speak to her, she would be ready at last to listen. But why would she follow these allurings? She would do so because of the sinfulness of her heart. Following the desires if her heart, the sinfulness and willfulness, would result in her ending up in the wilderness, just where God wanted her to be.
2:15
In the wilderness God would give her her vineyards. You see it is the Lord’s sovereign choice to bless us that counts, He may lead us into very dry places, but if there we turn to Him, we start to listen to Him, then great blessing can come. Achor means trouble. The valley where Achan and his entire family were stoned to death became known as the valley of Achor. This place of trouble would be transformed into a place of blessing. We must never lose hope in the Lord, and we must never lose hope in His mercy towards others as well. God can transform all situations.
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