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.”