Jeremiah 31:17-19

New Century Version

¹⁷So there is hope for you in the future,” says the Lord.
“Your children will return to their own land.

¹⁸“I have heard Israel moaning:
    ‘Lord, you punished me, and I have learned my lesson.
    I was like a calf that had never been trained.
Take me back so that I may come back.
    You truly are the Lord my God.
¹⁹Lord, after I wandered away from you,
    I changed my heart and life.
After I understood,
    I beat my breast with sorrow.
I was ashamed and disgraced,
    because I suffered for the foolish things I did when I was young.’