God has a way ( Psalm 51 )

So often the people of Israel forsook God,in dramatic ways,taking up the religions of the nations that surrounded them., in spite of all He had done for them. The result God withdrew his presence from them,and let them suffer as a result of their backsliding.they sinned greatly, and so God punished them greatly .Raymond Brown points out that they exchanged, the devil's blessings, that are disguised curses.Consider what it means to forsake God ,read the history of Israel.see how they suffered.Foreign nations would invade them,slaughtering the young and elderly, showing very little if any mercy.Yet God loves His children ,in the worst of times He declared, ''I have loved thee with an everlasting love'' (Jeremiah 31 v 3 )God has a loving purpose  as RB writes ,''Despite their appalling loveless, disobedient, and senseless disloyalty,God has His own way,of bringing ,unfaithful children, to the place of  repentance,forgiveness and hope''.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 For a brief moment I abandoned you                                                                                                        but with deep compassion I will bring                                                                                                      you back.                                                                                                                                                    In a surge of anger I hid my face from                                                                                                      for a moment, but with everlasting                                                                                                            kindness, I will have compassion on                                                                                                          you, says the Lord your Redeemer.                                                                                                                      ( Isaiah 54 v 7 - 8 )