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‘nh). Moving from the vehicle of the metaphor, in which Yahweh’s bride-price consists of equity, justice, kindness, compassion and steadfastness (2:21f, EV 19f), thereby indicating the nature and quality of the marriage offered, the endeavour, in the tenor of the metaphor, may be said to consist in the creation of an Israel, of a nation, whose very life is to be characterised by just these qualities (again, 2:21f, EV 19f)31. This, Israel’s vocation, is also defined by yet another metaphor: she
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