22. “My wayward children,” says the lord,“come back to me, and I will heal your wayward hearts.”“Yes, we’re coming,” the people reply,“for you are the lord our God.
23. Our worship of idols on the hillsand our religious orgies on the mountainsare a delusion.Only in the lord our Godwill Israel ever find salvation.
24. From childhood we have watchedas everything our ancestors worked for—their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters—was squandered on a delusion.