 Covenants are, I give you myself that you might give me yourself. God only does covenants. So, that's the background of the book. And that's why Hosea is talking about taking Israel, who has been a wicked sort, out to the desert to re-espouse her. And he uses this marital symbolism that God doesn't want this contractual relationship. He wants to be her spouse. And even in the ancient world,