17 (A)There is hope for your future,
declares the Lord,
    and your children shall come back to their own country.
18 I have heard (B)Ephraim grieving,
‘You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined,
    like an untrained calf;
(C)bring me back that I may be restored,
    for you are the Lord my God.
19 For after (D)I had turned away, I relented,
    and after I was instructed, (E)I struck my thigh;
(F)I was ashamed, and I was confounded,
    because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’

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