5:10 not a full end. This hint that punishment will not be final is one of several such clues in the early part of the book (12:14–17; 16:14, 15; and 23:3 note).

are not the Lord’s. In the same breath Judah’s covenant status is annulled (Hos. 1:9 note). The apparently irreconcilable needs of judgment and salvation are both evident here.