Jeremiah 31:19-21

Lexham English Bible

¹⁹ For after my turning back I repented,
    and after coming to understand I struck my thigh.
I was ashamed and also humiliated,
    because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
²⁰ Is Ephraim my dear son,
    or the child of my delight?
For as often as^[a] I have earnestly spoken against him,
    I still remember him.
Therefore^[b] my bowels are turbulent for him,
    surely I will have compassion on him,” declares^[c] Yahweh.
²¹ “Set up for yourself road markers,
    make for yourself signposts,
set your mind^[d] to the main road,
    the road by which you went.
Return, O virgin of Israel,
    return to these your cities.