Jeremiah 003:015-25 (New International Version)

¹⁵ Then I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will lead you with knowledge and understanding. ¹⁶ In those days, when your numbers have increased greatly in the land," declares the LORD, "men will no longer say, 'The ark of the covenant of the LORD.' It will never enter their minds or be remembered; it will not be missed, nor will another one be made. ¹⁷ At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of the LORD, and all nations will gather in Jerusalem to honor the name of the LORD. No longer will they follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts. ¹⁸ In those days the house of Judah will join the house of Israel, and together they will come from a northern land to the land I gave your forefathers as an inheritance.

 ¹⁹ "I myself said,
       " 'How gladly would I treat you like sons
       and give you a desirable land,
       the most beautiful inheritance of any nation.'
       I thought you would call me 'Father'
       and not turn away from following me.

 ²⁰ But like a woman unfaithful to her husband,
       so you have been unfaithful to me, O house of Israel,"
       declares the LORD.

 ²¹ A cry is heard on the barren heights,
       the weeping and pleading of the people of Israel,
       because they have perverted their ways
       and have forgotten the LORD their God.

 ²² "Return, faithless people;
       I will cure you of backsliding."
       "Yes, we will come to you,
       for you are the LORD our God.

 ²³ Surely the idolatrous commotion on the hills
       and mountains is a deception;
       surely in the LORD our God
       is the salvation of Israel.

 ²⁴ From our youth shameful gods have consumed
       the fruits of our fathers' labor—
       their flocks and herds,
       their sons and daughters.

 ²⁵ Let us lie down in our shame,
       and let our disgrace cover us.
       We have sinned against the LORD our God,
       both we and our fathers;
       from our youth till this day
       we have not obeyed the LORD our God."