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19 We turned away from you,
    but soon we wanted to return.
After you had punished us,
    we hung our heads in grief.
We were ashamed and disgraced
    because we sinned when we were young.’

20 “Israel, you are my dearest child,
    the one I love best.
Whenever I mention your name,
    I think[a] of you with love.
My heart goes out to you;
    I will be merciful.
21 Set up signs and mark the road;
    find again the way by which you left.
Come back, people of Israel,
    come home to the towns you left.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:20 I mention … I think; or I threaten to punish, I still think.

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