To receive divine mercy, his people had to manifest repentance and go back to their Husbandly Owner, as Gomer had returned to her husband.
فلكي يبسط الله رحمته على شعبه ،‏ كان عليهم أن يعربوا عن التوبة ويرجعوا إلى بعلهم كما رجعت جومر إلى زوجها .‏