Jeremiah 31:17-21 And there is hope for your future," ⌊declares⌋* Yahweh, "and your children will return to their territory.

LEB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ And there is hope for your future," _⌊declares_⌋* Yahweh, "and your children will return to their territory. 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_⌋* I have earnestly spoken against him, I still remember him. _⌊Therefore_⌋* my bowels are turbulent for him, surely I will have compassion on him," _⌊declares_⌋* Yahweh. ²¹ "Set up for yourself road markers, make for yourself signposts, set your _⌊mind_⌋* to the main road, the road by which you went. Return, O virgin of Israel, return to these your cities.