Through the prophet Hosea, Jehovah told the Israelites: “I will engage you to me for time indefinite, and I will engage you to me in righteousness and in justice and in loving - kindness and in mercies. ”
قَالَ يَهْوَه لِلْإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ بِفَمِ ٱلنَّبِيِّ هُوشَعَ :‏ « أَخْطُبُكِ لِي إِلَى ٱلدَّهْرِ ،‏ وَأَخْطُبُكِ لِي بِٱلْبِرِّ وَٱلْعَدْلِ وَٱللُّطْفِ ٱلْحُبِّيِّ وَٱلْمَرَاحِمِ » .‏