"Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her... I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion. I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will acknowledge the Lord. "In that day I will respond," declares the Lord — "I will respond to the skies, and they will respond to the earth; and the earth will respond to the grain, the new wine and oil, and they will respond to Jezreel.(Hosea 2:14,19-23)
The judgment of God on the whoring of Gomer and Israel is entirely unlike what we read in Exodus or Jeremiah. Hosea's God will seduce the whore.
God will seduce by responding. The Hebrew is 'anah to hear, answer, speak, or sing. This is usually the way with seduction. To be truly heard is so unusual and so validating that we are entirely enamored of the good listener.
In being truly heard distractions and obsessions are quieted. We recognize our relationships: with sky and earth, grain, wine, and oil, with one another, and with God.
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