⁹ They will come weeping,
but I will bring them back with consolation.^[a](A)
I will lead them to wadis filled with water,
by a smooth way where they will not stumble,^(B)
for I am Israel’s Father,
and Ephraim is my firstborn.^(C)

¹⁵ He is the image of the invisible God,^(A)
the firstborn over all creation.^(B)