20. "Surely, as a woman treacherously departs from her lover, So you have dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel," declares the Lord.
21. A voice is heard on the bare heights, 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 faithless sons, I will heal your faithlessness." "Behold, we come to You; For You are the Lord our God.
23. "Surely, the hills are a deception, A tumult on the mountains. Surely in the Lord our God Is the salvation of Israel.
24. "But the shameful thing has consumed the labor of our fathers since our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.