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17 (A)There is hope for your future,
declares the Lord,
    and your children shall come back to their own country.
18 I have heard (B)Ephraim grieving,
‘You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined,
    like an untrained calf;
(C)bring me back that I may be restored,
    for you are the Lord my God.
19 For after (D)I had turned away, I relented,
    and after I was instructed, (E)I struck my thigh;
(F)I was ashamed, and I was confounded,
    because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’

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17 So there is hope(A) for your descendants,”
declares the Lord.
    “Your children(B) will return to their own land.

18 “I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning:
    ‘You disciplined(C) me like an unruly calf,(D)
    and I have been disciplined.
Restore(E) me, and I will return,
    because you are the Lord my God.
19 After I strayed,(F)
    I repented;
after I came to understand,
    I beat(G) my breast.
I was ashamed(H) and humiliated
    because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’(I)

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