“But I said, ‘How I desire to put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!’ and I said, ‘You shall call me “My Father”, and shall not turn away from following me.’ “Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so you have dealt treacherously with me, house of Israel,” says the LORD. 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 the LORD their God. Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding. “Behold, we have come to you; for you are the LORD our God.