6 I will strengthen the house of Judah

and deliver the house of Joseph.D

I will restoreE them

because I have compassion on them,

and they will be

as though I had never rejected them.d

For I am the Lord their God,

and I will answer them.

7 Ephraime will be like a warrior,

and their hearts will be glad as if with wine.

Their children will see it and be glad;f

their hearts will rejoice in the Lord.

8 I will whistleg and gather them

because I have redeemedh them;

they will be as numerous as they once were.

9 Though I sowi them among the nations,

they will rememberj me in the distant lands;

they and their children will live and return.

10 I will bring them back from the land of Egypt

and gather them from Assyria.

I will bring them to the land of Gileadk

and to Lebanon,

but it will not be enough for them.

11 The LordF will pass through the sea of distress

and strike the waves of the sea;

all the depths of the Nile will dry up.l

The pride of Assyria will be brought down,

and the scepter of Egypt will come to an end.

12 I will strengthenm them in the Lord,

and they will marchn in his name—

this is the Lord’s declaration.