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20 But Israel's people are my own dear children.
I still love them,
    even when I have to speak against them.
I can never forget them.
I only want to help them.
I will certainly be kind to them.’

That is what the Lord says.

21 ‘People of Israel, put up signs along the roads,
    so that you know the way to go.
Remember the road that you travelled on
    when you went away from your land.
Now return, my special people, Israel.
    Return to your cities that you had to leave.
22 You went away from me,
    like a daughter who refuses to obey her father.
Do not continue to turn away from me.
I, the Lord, promise to do a new thing.
    Women will take care of men!’

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