^{21 Ref} A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping [and] the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Yahweh their God.

^{22 Ref} Return, you backsliding children, I will heal your backsliding. Behold, we are come to you; for you are Yahweh our God.

^{23 Ref} Truly in vain is [the help that is looked for] from the hills, the tumult on the mountains: truly in Yahweh our God is the salvation of Israel.

^{24 Ref} But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

^{25 Ref} Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Yahweh our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day; and we have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh our God.