²⁰ “Is Ephraim My dear son or pleasant child? Yet, though I spoke against him, I still remembered him. Therefore, My Core is troubled for him. I will surely have compassion upon him,” says the LORD.

²¹ “Set up signs for yourselves. Make yourselves heaps. Set your heart toward the path and way that you have walked. Turn back, O virgin of Israel! Turn back to these, your cities!

²² “How long will you go astray, O you rebellious daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing on the Earth: A woman shall turn around a man.”