7 For thus says the Lord,

“aSing aloud with gladness for Jacob,

And shout among the 1bchief of the nations;

Proclaim, give praise and say,

‘O Lord, csave Your people,

The dremnant of Israel.’

8 “Behold, I am abringing them from the north country,

And I will bgather them from the remote parts of the earth,

Among them the cblind and the dlame,

The woman with child and she who is in labor with child, together;

A great 1company, they will return here.

9 “aWith weeping they will come,

And by supplication I will lead them;

I will make them walk by bstreams of waters,

On a straight path in which they will cnot stumble;

For I am a dfather to Israel,

And Ephraim is eMy firstborn.”

10 Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,

And declare in the acoastlands afar off,

And say, “He who scattered Israel will bgather him

And keep him as a cshepherd keeps his flock.”