Jeremiah 3:19-21

New Catholic Bible

^{19     [a]}I then gave consideration
    as to how I would treat you as sons
and give you a pleasant land,
    the most beautiful heritage of all the nations.
Further, I thought that you would call me “Father” and never cease to follow me.
²⁰ But like a woman who is unfaithful to her husband,
    so you have been unfaithful to me,
    O house of Israel, says the Lord.
²¹ A cry on the bare heights is heard,
    the plaintive weeping of Israel’s children,
because they have perverted their ways
    and forgotten the Lord, their God.