18. “In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given as an inheritance to your fathers.
19. “But I said:‘How can I put you among the childrenAnd give you a pleasant land,A beautiful heritage of the hosts of nations?’“And I said:‘You shall call Me, “My Father,”And not turn away from Me.’
20. Surely, as a wife treacherously departs from her husband,So have you dealt treacherously with Me,O house of Israel,” says the Lord.
21. A voice was heard on the desolate heights,Weeping and supplications of the children of Israel.For they have perverted their way;They have forgotten the Lord their God.