“If you repent, I will restore you
    that you may serve^(A) me;
if you utter worthy, not worthless, words,
    you will be my spokesman.^(B)
Let this people turn to you,
    but you must not turn to them.

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.