2:13 not your garments. See “Legalism” at Matt. 23:4.

gracious . . . steadfast love. The call to return to the Lord is based on the Lord’s dramatic self-revelation of His character to Moses in Ex. 34:6, 7, a description frequently repeated throughout the Old Testament (e.g., Num. 14:18; Ps. 86:15; 103:8; 145:8; Neh. 9:17; Jon. 4:2).