Jeremiah 31:17-19

New Catholic Bible

¹⁷ Thus there is hope for your future, says the Lord;
    your children will return to their homeland.
¹⁸ I have indeed heard Ephraim pleading,
    “You chastised me, and I accepted your discipline,
    I was like an untamed calf.
Bring me back! Allow me to return,
    for you are the Lord, my God.
¹⁹ After I turned away, I repented;
    once I began to understand, I beat my breast.
I was ashamed and humiliated,
    and I reproach myself for the sins of my youth.”