„Nawróćcie się do Pana” (Oz 14,3). Nawrócenie jako istota relacji Boga z człowiekiem

The article focuses on the theme of return/conversion in the book ofHosea. The issue is presented from the perspective of two covenant partners:God and Israel. The starting point is the refusal of Israel to return to Godand the dangerous punitive return of Yahweh to his people. The final partconcentrates on the conversion of the people to Yahweh which is possiblethanks to the prior return of God to his people with forgiveness. These fourdifferent dynamics of return are recovered on the basis of 22 appearancesof the verb šûb in the Book of Hosea.