" 1 The LORD said to me, "Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes."
Although we are so unfaithful to Him, God will show love for us. The Israelites are the adulteress. We are the adulteress.
"5 Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to his blessings in the last days."
This is how God is with us. He strips us from all our worldly possessions until we are naked and have nothing else to go on.. because that's when we realize our dependence on God. Everything else was a cover up. Mere distractions.
