Jeremiah 31:18-20

Lexham English Bible

¹⁸ Indeed I heard Ephraim pitying themselves,
    ‘You disciplined me, and I was disciplined,
    like a calf that is not trained.
Bring me back and let me return,
    for you are Yahweh my God.
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.