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.