18 “I have positively heard Eʹphra·im bemoaning himself,+ ‘You have corrected me, that I may be corrected,+ like a calf that has not been trained.+ Cause me to turn back, and I shall readily turn back,+ for you are Jehovah my God.+

15 I shall go, I will return to my place until they bear their guilt;+ and they will certainly seek my face.+ When they are in sore straits,+ they will seek me.”+

18 I will rise and journey+ to my father and say to him: “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.*+