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General Information:
Yahweh is speaking to Hosea about what he will do for Israel.
I will promise to be your husband forever
Yahweh will be like the husband, and Israel will be like Yahweh's wife. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
in righteousness, justice, covenant faithfulness, and mercy
This can be restated to remove the abstract nouns. AT: "and do what is right, just, faithful, and merciful" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns)
you will know Yahweh
Here "know" means to acknowledge Yahweh as their God and to be faithful to him.