16 Thus says the Lord:
“Keep your voice from weeping,
    and your eyes from tears,
for there is a reward for your work,
declares the Lord,
    and (A)they shall come back from the land of the enemy.
17 (B)There is hope for your future,
declares the Lord,
    and your children shall come back to their own country.
18 I have heard (C)Ephraim grieving,
‘You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined,
    like an untrained calf;
(D)bring me back that I may be restored,
    for you are the Lord my God.

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