21 A voice is heard on the abare heights,
The weeping and the supplications of the sons of Israel;
Because they have perverted their way,
They have bforgotten Yahweh their God.
22 “Return, O faithless sons;
aI will heal your faithlessness.”
“Behold, we come to You,
For You are Yahweh our God.
23 Surely, athe hills are a lie,
A tumult on the mountains.
Surely in bYahweh our God
Is the salvation of Israel.
24 “But athe shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers since our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. 25 Let us lie down in our ashame, and let our dishonor cover us; for we have sinned against Yahweh our God, we and our fathers, bfrom our youth even to this day. And we have not listened to the voice of Yahweh our God.”