Jeremiah 31:17-19

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹⁷Your future is filled with hope, declares the Lord.
Your children will return to their own territory.

¹⁸“I have certainly heard Ephraim mourn and say,
‘You disciplined me, and I was disciplined.
I was like a young, untrained calf.
Turn me, and I will be turned,
because you are the Lord my God.
¹⁹After I was turned around, I changed the way I thought and acted.
After I was taught a lesson, I hung my head in shame.
I was so ashamed and humiliated,
because of all the stupid things I have done
ever since I was young.’