18. In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given to your fathers for an inheritance.
19. But I said: How can I put you among My sonsand give you a pleasant land,the most beautiful heritage of the nations?And I said: You shall call Me, My Father,and shall not turn away from Me.
20. Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband,so you have dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel,says the Lord.
21. A voice was heard upon the high places,the weeping and the supplications of the sons of Israel,because they have perverted their way,they have forgotten the Lord their God.
22. Return, O backsliding sons,and I will heal your backslidings. “We come to You;for You are the Lord our God.
23. Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills,and from the multitude of mountains.Truly, in the Lord our Godis the salvation of Israel.
24. For shame has devoured the laborof our fathers from our youth,their flocks and their herds,their sons and their daughters.
25. We lie down in our shame,and our humiliation covers us.For we have sinned against the Lord our God,we and our fathers,from our youth even to this day,and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.”