²⁵ I will turn my hand against you;^[a](A)
    I will thoroughly purge^(B) away your dross^(C)
    and remove all your impurities.^(D)
26 I will restore your leaders as in days of old,^(E)
    your rulers as at the beginning.
Afterward you will be called^(F)
    the City of Righteousness,^(G)
    the Faithful City.^(H)”

“See, I will refine^(A) and test^(B) them,
    for what else can I do
    because of the sin of my people?

¹⁸ “I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning:
    ‘You disciplined^(A) me like an unruly calf,^(B)
    and I have been disciplined.
Restore^(C) me, and I will return,
    because you are the Lord my God.
¹⁹ After I strayed,^(D)
    I repented;
after I came to understand,
    I beat^(E) my breast.
I was ashamed^(F) and humiliated
    because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’^(G)
20 Is not Ephraim my dear son,
    the child^(H) in whom I delight?
Though I often speak against him,
    I still remember^(I) him.
Therefore my heart yearns for him;
    I have great compassion^(J) for him,”
declares the Lord.