Jeremiah 3:19-21

Good News Translation

“Israel, I wanted to accept you as my child
    and give you a delightful land,
    the most beautiful land in all the world.
I wanted you to call me father
    and never again turn away from me.
²⁰ But like an unfaithful wife,
    you have not been faithful to me.
I, the Lord, have spoken.”