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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)
10 Nations, hear the word of the Lord,
and tell it among the far off coasts and islands!(D)
Say, ‘The one who scattered Israel will gather him.(E)
He will watch over him as a shepherd guards his flock,
11 for the Lord has ransomed Jacob
and redeemed him from the power of one who is stronger than he is.’(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 31:9 LXX; MT reads supplications