NSB(i)
17 »At that time, they will call Jerusalem the throne of Jehovah. All nations will gather in Jerusalem because the name of Jehovah will be found there. They will no longer follow their own stubborn, evil ways.
18 »Then the nation of Judah will live with the nation of Israel. They will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave their ancestors as their own inheritance.
19 »I wanted to treat you like children and give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful property among the nations. I thought you would call me Father and not turn away from me.
20 »But like a wife who is unfaithful to her husband, so you, O house of Israel, were unfaithful me,« says Jehovah.
21 A voice is heard on the bare hills. It is the crying and the pleading of the people of Israel. They are perverted and have forgotten Jehovah their God.
22 »Return you backsliding children, and I will forgive you for being unfaithful. See, we have come to you because you are Jehovah our God.
23 »Truly the sound from the hills and mountains is the noise of false worship. Truly Jehovah our God will be our salvation.