וָאֶעֱבֹ֨ר עָלַ֜יִךְ וָאֶרְאֵ֗ךְ וְהִנֵּ֤ה עִתֵּךְ֙ עֵ֣ת דֹּדִ֔ים וָאֶפְרֹ֤שׂ כְּנָפִי֙ עָלַ֔יִךְ וָאֲכַסֶּ֖ה עֶרְוָתֵ֑ךְ וָאֶשָּׁ֣בַֽע לָ֠ךְ וָאָב֨וֹא בִבְרִ֜ית אֹתָ֗ךְ נְאֻ֛ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִ֖ה וַתִּ֥הְיִי לִֽי׃
Et je passai près de toi et vis que tu étais arrivée à l’âge des amours; j’étendis mon vêtement sur toi et couvris ta nudité; je m’engageai à toi par serment et fis alliance avec toi, dit le Seigneur Dieu, et tu fus à moi.
Dirshuni II
The chapter opens with a touching description of divine kindness: The Jewish people has been abandoned; it has been sent away like a disregarded infant girl in the field. She is [then] gathered with great kindness by the Holy One, blessed be He, who takes care of her physically and spiritually. He raises her and nurtures her until she matures. Then, when she reaches 'the time of her loving' (alluding to Ezekiel 16:8), the Holy One, blessed be He, takes her covenantally for Himself as a wife. However, instead of gratitude and expressing loyalty to her benefactor, His wife begins to betray Him. Her licentious misdeeds are described over dozens of verses in a detailed and pornographic fashion; likewise, the harsh punishments that will come to her because of her actions. The history of the Jewish people, from the moment of its birth until the circumstances that it found itself in at the time of this prophecy, is explained through the stormy and violent rhythm of the narrative of this long and detailed parable.