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20 Is Ephraim my dear son,
    or the child of my delight?
For as often as[a] I have earnestly spoken against him,
    I still remember him.
Therefore[b] my bowels are turbulent for him,
    surely I will have compassion on him,” declares[c] Yahweh.
21 “Set up for yourself road markers,
    make for yourself signposts,
set your mind[d] to the main road,
    the road by which you went.
Return, O virgin of Israel,
    return to these your cities.
22 How long[e] will you waver, O unfaithful daughter?
For Yahweh has created a new thing on the earth,
    a woman, she shelters a man.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:20 Literally “from enough”
  2. Jeremiah 31:20 Literally “Unto thus”
  3. Jeremiah 31:20 Literally “a declaration of”
  4. Jeremiah 31:21 Literally “heart”
  5. Jeremiah 31:22 Literally “Until when”