Yahweh also has a controversy with Judah, And will punish Jacob according to his ways; According to his deeds he will repay him.
The use of the same terminology here which was used earlier in Hosea's lawsuit against Gomer points up the analogy.  Just as Gomer was divorced and put away for adultery, a similar rejection and reduction of the status of all Israel will follow in this replay of the former scene.  It will also be remembered that Gomer never returned as Hosea's wife.  "Thou shalt not be wife to any man!"   (Hosea 3:3).  The Word of God has no promise whatever of the old secular, fleshly, Israel again playing a historical role as Jehovah's wife.