Surely after that I was turned.
I repented.
After that I was instructed.
I struck my thigh.
I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth.’ Is Ephraim my dear son?
Is he a darling child?
For as often as I speak against him, I still earnestly remember him.
Therefore my heart yearns for him.
I will surely have mercy on him,”
says the LORD.
“Set up road signs.
Make guideposts.
Set your heart toward the highway, even the way by which you went.
Turn again, virgin of Israel.
Turn again to these your cities.