Jeremiah 3:19-25 - True Repentance
19 I wanted to treat you like children and give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful property among the nations. I thought you would call me Father and not turn away from me. 20 But like a wife who is unfaithful to her husband, so you, O house of Israel, were unfaithful me, says Jehovah.
21 A voice is heard on the bare hills. It is the crying and the pleading of the people of Israel. They are perverted and have forgotten Jehovah their God. 22 Return you backsliding children, and I will forgive you for being unfaithful. See, we have come to you because you are Jehovah our God. 23 Truly the sound from the hills and mountains is the noise of false worship. Truly Jehovah our God will be our salvation. 24 Ever since we were young, the shameful worship of Baal has taken everything our ancestors worked for, their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters. 25 We must lie down in our shame and let our humiliation cover us. Ever since we were young, we and our fathers have sinned against Jehovah our God. We have not obeyed Jehovah our God.