Jeremiah 3:18-20

New Century Version

‘How happy I would be to treat you as my own children
    and give you a pleasant land,
    a land more beautiful than that of any other nation.’
I thought you would call me ‘My Father’
    and not turn away from me.
²⁰ But like a woman who is unfaithful to her husband,
    family of Israel, you have been unfaithful to me,” says the Lord.