Verse 8
God did not lose control of Himself when His people sinned, but He became very angry because sin destroys people and breaks the fellowship that He desires to have with them. He had to turn away from sinners (hide His face from them) because He is holy. But that separation was short-lived compared with the everlasting compassion that His loyal love (Heb. hesed) requires. Hesed is "the unfailing love that is ever loyal to its pledge, love as a settled disposition . . ." [Note: Motyer, p. 448.] The Lord would buy His bride back to Himself.
"When God ’spanks’ His erring children, He may hurt them, but He never harms them." [Note: Wiersbe, p. 63.]
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