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A wanton and adulterous woman repeatedly spurns the love of her youth. Her betrayed and grieving husband offers forgiveness and seeks to restore the intimacy of their first love. Bold imagery indeed for telling the story of God and his people. Bolder still when God calls a prophet to enflesh this divine suffering and redeeming forgiveness in his own marriage. Yet this remarkable story sets the...

Judah’ and ‘sons of Israel’, in the oracle of salvation (1:10–2:1 [Heb. 2:1–3]) that follows these four actions of judgment in 1:2–9. If the thrust of verse 7 is negative, then the preposition by (Heb. b) may be translated ‘from’, with the result that the weaponry listed is the enemy’s, from which God promises no rescue (Andersen, p. 155). . Weaning is mentioned, presumably to suggest the elapsed time, two to three years (cf. 1 Sam. 1:21–28; 2 Macc.
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