Jeremiah 31:18-20
Read Jeremiah 31 in full →18“I have surely heard Ephraim agrieving,‘You have bchastised me, and I was chastised,Like an untrained ccalf;dCause me to return that I may return,For You are Yahweh my God.19‘For after I turned away, I arepented;And after I was instructed, I bslapped my thigh;I was cashamed and also dishonoredBecause I bore the reproach of my youth.’20“Is aEphraim My dear son?Is he a delightful child?Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him,I certainly still remember him;Therefore My 1,binmost being yearns for him;I will surely chave compassion on him,” declares Yahweh.