Verse 3
Consequently the Lord had withheld rain from the land, as He had threatened to do if His people departed from Him (Leviticus 26:19; Deuteronomy 28:23-24). In the spring, when the people needed rain so their crops would mature, the heavens were dry. In spite of this punishment they refused to repent. They did not feel shame for their apostasy but instead behaved brazenly. To have a "harlot’s forehead" was to be brazenfaced. [Note: Graybill, p. 662.]
"God’s withholding of the rains should have indicated clearly enough to the people that their fertility rites ensured nothing; the God of covenant was as much Lord of the natural world as he was of the events of history." [Note: Craigie, p. 52.]
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