To receive divine mercy, his people had to manifest repentance and go back to their Husbandly Owner, as Gomer had returned to her husband.
Lai saņemtu Dieva žēlastību, trimdiniekiem bija jāapliecina, ka viņi nožēlo grēkus, un jāatgriežas pie sava Dieva, tāpat kā Gomera atgriezās pie sava vīra.