“So will I cause my fury on you to cease, and my jealousy will depart from you, and I will be quiet, and angry no more.”
Yet in all this God's purpose is finally merciful. He wants to rid His people of idolatry so that they will again respond in full to the covenant. Once their sin has been dealt with His righteous anger against sin will no longer be necessary. Once their idolatry has ceased He will no longer need to be concerned about their not looking to Him. He will no longer need to be a ‘jealous God'. The terms fury and jealousy are anthropomorphic and not to be taken too literally. His ‘fury' is His set attitude against sin as the moral Judge of the universe, His ‘jealousy' is His righteous concern against their behaving in a way which is detrimental to themselves and to the world. As with any good and righteous husband, God's heart is set against anything that wrecks His wife's life, and uniquely His wife will be able to benefit from His punishment, for some of His people remain.
So will He be ‘quiet'. His work will have been accomplished, justice will have been satisfied, and He will be able to restore His people to their old relationship.