²² How long will you wander,^(A)
    unfaithful^(B) Daughter Israel?
The Lord will create a new thing^(C) on earth—
    the woman will return to^[a](D) the man.”

⁴ Why do you boast of your valleys,
    boast of your valleys so fruitful?
Unfaithful Daughter Ammon,^(A)
    you trust in your riches^(B) and say,
    ‘Who will attack me?’^(C)

¹⁴ Jerusalem, wash^(A) the evil from your heart and be saved.^(B)
    How long^(C) will you harbor wicked thoughts?

²² “Return,^(A) faithless people;
    I will cure^(B) you of backsliding.”^(C)

“Yes, we will come to you,
    for you are the Lord our God.

³⁶ Why do you go about so much,
    changing^(A) your ways?
You will be disappointed by Egypt^(B)
    as you were by Assyria.

²³ “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled;^(A)
    I have not run after the Baals’?^(B)
See how you behaved in the valley;^(C)
    consider what you have done.
You are a swift she-camel
    running^(D) here and there,

¹⁸ Now why go to Egypt^(A)
    to drink water from the Nile^[a]?^(B)
And why go to Assyria^(C)
    to drink water from the Euphrates?^(D)