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16 Stop your crying
    and wipe away your tears.
All that you have done for your children
    will not go unrewarded;
    they will return from the enemy's land.
17 There is hope for your future;
    your children will come back home.
    I, the Lord, have spoken.

18 “I hear the people of Israel say in grief,
Lord, we were like an untamed animal,
    but you taught us to obey.
Bring us back;
    we are ready to return to you,
    the Lord our God.

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