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

²² “Return,^(D) faithless people;
    I will cure^(E) you of backsliding.”^(F)

“Yes, we will come to you,
    for you are the Lord our God.
²³ Surely the idolatrous commotion on the hills^(G)
    and mountains is a deception;
surely in the Lord our God
    is the salvation^(H) of Israel.