¹⁵ For this is what the high and exalted^(A) One says—
    he who lives forever,^(B) whose name is holy:
“I live in a high^(C) and holy place,
    but also with the one who is contrite^(D) and lowly in spirit,^(E)
to revive the spirit of the lowly
    and to revive the heart of the contrite.^(F)
16 I will not accuse^(G) them forever,
    nor will I always be angry,^(H)
for then they would faint away because of me—
    the very people^(I) I have created.
¹⁷ I was enraged by their sinful greed;^(J)
    I punished them, and hid^(K) my face in anger,
    yet they kept on in their willful ways.^(L)
18 I have seen their ways, but I will heal^(M) them;
    I will guide^(N) them and restore comfort^(O) to Israel’s mourners,

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.

²⁷ And they will go to others and say,
    ‘I have sinned,^(A) I have perverted what is right,^(B)
    but I did not get what I deserved.^(C)