That day of Israel’s restoration will bring final resolution to all the moral tensions brought to light in chapters 1–2. Israel’s obduracy will dissolve, Yahweh will show himself abundant in blessing and grace, and even the natural surroundings will sprout forth with new life. Safe to say, this grand prophetic vision leaves Baal completely behind. In chapter 1 God instructed the prophet to take a harlotrous wife; here he calls him to love an adulterous wife. There the woman was identified