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# General Information:
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Yahweh is speaking to Hosea about what he will do for Israel.
# I will promise to be your husband forever
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Yahweh will be like the husband, and Israel will be like Yahweh's wife. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# in righteousness, justice, covenant faithfulness, and mercy
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This can be restated to remove the abstract nouns. AT: "and do what is right, just, faithful, and merciful" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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