Isaiah 57:17

17Because of the iniquity of his aunjust gain I was angry,
I struck him; I hid my face and was angry,
but he went on backsliding in the way of his own heart.

Jeremiah 31:18-19

18I have heard bEphraim grieving,
‘You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined,
like an untrained calf;
cbring me back that I may be restored,
for you are the Lord my God.
19For after dI had turned away, I relented,
and after I was instructed, eI struck my thigh;
fI was ashamed, and I was confounded,
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’

Luke 15:15-16

15So he went and hired himself out to
Greek joined himself to
one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
16And he hwas longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.

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