Jeremiah 31:17-19

International Standard Version

¹⁷ There is hope for your future,”
    declares the Lord.
“Your^[a] children will return to their own territory.”

¹⁸ “I’ve certainly heard Ephraim
    shuddering with grief as they said,^[b]
‘You have disciplined me,
    and I’m disciplined like an untrained calf.
Restore me, and let me return,^[c]
    for you are the Lord my God.
¹⁹ Indeed, after I turned away, then I repented.
    And after I came to understand,
        I slapped my forehead.^[d]
I was both ashamed and humiliated
    because I bear the disgrace of my youth.’”