Jeremiah 3:19-21

Contemporary English Version

¹⁹ I have always wanted
    to treat you as my children
and give you the best land,
    the most beautiful on earth.
I wanted you to call me “Father”
    and not turn from me.
²⁰ But instead, you are like a wife
    who broke her wedding vows.
You have been unfaithful to me.
    I, the Lord, have spoken.

²¹ Listen to the noise
    on the hilltops!
It's the people of Israel,
weeping and begging me
    to answer their prayers.
They forgot about me
    and chose the wrong path.