Jeremiah 31:8–14

⁸Behold, I will bring them ^lfrom the north country,

And ^mgather them from the ends of the earth,

Among them the blind and the lame,

The woman with child

And the one who labors with child, together;

A great throng shall return there.

⁹ⁿThey shall come with weeping,

And with supplications I will lead them.

I will cause them to walk ^oby the rivers of waters,

In a straight way in which they shall not stumble;

For I am a Father to Israel,

And Ephraim is My ^pfirstborn.

¹⁰“Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,

And declare it in the ³isles afar off, and say,

‘He who scattered Israel ^qwill gather him,

And keep him as a shepherd does his flock.’

¹¹For ^rthe Lord has redeemed Jacob,

And ransomed him ^sfrom the hand of one stronger than he.

¹²Therefore they shall come and sing in ^tthe height of Zion,

Streaming to ^uthe goodness of the Lord

For wheat and new wine and oil,

For the young of the flock and the herd;

Their souls shall be like a ^vwell-watered garden,

^wAnd they shall sorrow no more at all.

¹³“Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance,

And the young men and the old, together;

For I will turn their mourning to joy,

Will comfort them,

And make them rejoice rather than sorrow.

¹⁴I will ⁴satiate the soul of the priests with abundance,

And My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, says the Lord.”