Jeremiah 3:19–25
19“But I said, ‘How I desire to put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!’ and I said, ‘You shall call me “My Father”, and shall not turn away from following me.’↗
20“Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so you have dealt treacherously with me, house of Israel,” says the LORD.↗
21A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping and the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten the LORD their God.↗
22Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding. “Behold, we have come to you; for you are the LORD our God.↗
23Truly help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains, is in vain. Truly the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.↗
24But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.↗
25Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed the LORD our God’s voice.”↗
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