23. To foretell the coming reconciliation of himself with his wifelike covenant people, what did Jehovah say in Hosea 2:14-16?

²³ So, to foretell this reconciliation of Himself with his wifelike covenant people, Jehovah inspired his prophet Hosea to say further: “‘Therefore here I am prevailing upon her, and I will cause her to go into the wilderness, and I will speak to her heart.

24. How did Jehovah speak to his wifelike organization in “the wilderness,” and what did his giving her “her vineyards” mean?

²⁴ While the Israelites were exiles in the land of Babylon, they were as in “the wilderness.” There Jehovah mercifully ‘prevailed upon’ the repentant remnant and ‘spoke to their heart.’ He did so by means of the loving discipline and by means of the prophets Ezekiel and Daniel.