9. They will come with weeping.I will lead them with petitions.I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters,in a straight way in which they won’t stumble;for I am a father to Israel.Ephraim is my firstborn.
10. “Hear the Lord’s word, you nations,and declare it in the distant islands. Say,‘He who scattered Israel will gather him,and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.’
11. For the Lord has ransomed Jacob,and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.
12. They will come and sing in the height of Zion,and will flow to the goodness of the Lord,to the grain, to the new wine, to the oil,and to the young of the flock and of the herd.Their soul will be as a watered garden.They will not sorrow any more at all.
13. Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance;the young men and the old together;for I will turn their mourning into joy,and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.