Jeremiah 31:20-22

Good News Translation

²⁰ “Israel, you are my dearest child,
    the one I love best.
Whenever I mention your name,
    I think^[a] of you with love.
My heart goes out to you;
    I will be merciful.
²¹ Set up signs and mark the road;
    find again the way by which you left.
Come back, people of Israel,
    come home to the towns you left.
²² How long will you hesitate, faithless people?
I have created something new and different,
    as different as a woman protecting a man.”^[b]