"The book shows the depth of God's love for his people, a love that tolerates no rivals."God:
I will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their distress earnestly seek me.
Prophet:
Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up...
Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD;
his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.
God:
For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Prophet:
So you, by the help of your God,
return,
hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God.
God:
But I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt, you know no God but me, and besides me there is no savior.
It was I who knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought; but when they had grazed, they became full, they were filled up,
therefore they forgot me.
[Hosea 5:15,6:3,6:6,12:6,13:4-6]
