Jeremiah 31:17-19

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¹⁷ Israel, there is hope for you.”
    This message is from the Lord.
    “Your children will come back to their own land.
¹⁸ I have heard Ephraim crying:
    ‘Lord, you punished me, and I learned my lesson.
    I was like a calf that was never trained.
Please stop punishing me,
    and I will come back to you.
    You really are the Lord my God.
¹⁹ I wandered away from you.
    But I finally realized how wrong I was.
    So I changed my heart and life.
I am ashamed and embarrassed
    about the foolish things I did when I was young.’”