 But it's amazing, isn't it? Amazing that despite her utter wretchedness, despite the abject overt betrayal, God remembers and is faithful to his word. It's staggering, isn't it? I mean, absolutely staggering. The patience, the faithfulness, the covenant keeping love of God set upon Israel. Not because she's lovely, not because she deserves it, not because she has in any way deserved, earned, or merited his love or favor, but because God himself, in and of himself, has simply determined to set his love upon her. The reason is entirely within God himself.