Jeremiah 31:16-18

Tree of Life Version

¹⁶ So there is hope for your future”
—it is declaration of Adonai—
“when your children will return to their own territory.
¹⁷ I indeed heard Ephraim grieving:
‘You have disciplined me—
I was disciplined like an untrained calf.
Restore me, and I will return,
for you are Adonai my God.
¹⁸ For after I returned, I repented,
and after that I was instructed,
I struck my thigh—
I was ashamed and also humiliated,
for I bore the disgrace of my youth.’