I said to her, "You shall stay with me many days. You shall not play the prostitute, and you shall not be with any other man. I will also be so toward you."
The figure requires it to be understood that Israel is still estranged from God. "Hosea keeps the (former) wife apart from every man (including himself), and waits."[21]  In exactly the same manner, Israel is kept back from idolatrous worship, but through her rejection of Christ is likewise kept from properly worshipping the true God; but God still waits!  There is, of course, the possibility, although no certainty exists with reference to it, that there may yet come a time when old Israel will come to their senses and truly turn to God. The "until" of  Romans 11:25 cannot be alleged as teaching either the proposition of the old Israel's ultimate repentance, or the promise of its occurrence after "the fullness of the Gentiles" has come into the family of God.