⁹ They will come with weeping;^(A)
    they will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead^(B) them beside streams of water^(C)
    on a level^(D) path where they will not stumble,
because I am Israel’s father,^(E)
    and Ephraim is my firstborn son.

“I will be a Father to you,
    and you will be my sons and daughters,^(A)
says the Lord Almighty.”^[a](B)