Jeremiah 31:18-20

New Catholic Bible

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.”
²⁰ Thus says the Lord:
    Is not Ephraim still my dear son,
    the child in whom I delight?
No matter how often I speak against him,
    I still remember him lovingly.
Therefore, my heart yearns for him,
    and I have great compassion for him.