“‘How gladly would I treat you like my children
    and give you a pleasant land,^(A)
    the most beautiful inheritance^(B) of any nation.’
I thought you would call me ‘Father’^(C)
    and not turn away from following me.
²⁰ But like a woman unfaithful to her husband,
    so you, Israel, have been unfaithful^(D) to me,”
declares the Lord.

²¹ A cry is heard on the barren heights,^(E)
    the weeping^(F) and pleading of the people of Israel,
because they have perverted their ways
    and have forgotten^(G) the Lord their God.