⁷ The burning sand will become a pool,
    the thirsty ground^(A) bubbling springs.^(B)
In the haunts where jackals^(C) once lay,
    grass and reeds^(D) and papyrus will grow.

⁸ The Lord has sworn^(A) by his right hand
    and by his mighty arm:
“Never again will I give your grain^(B)
    as food for your enemies,
and never again will foreigners drink the new wine
    for which you have toiled;
⁹ but those who harvest it will eat^(C) it
    and praise the Lord,^(D)
and those who gather the grapes will drink it
    in the courts of my sanctuary.”^(E)

²¹ They will build houses^(A) and dwell in them;
    they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.^(B)
22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them,^(C)
    or plant and others eat.
For as the days of a tree,^(D)
    so will be the days^(E) of my people;
my chosen^(F) ones will long enjoy
    the work of their hands.
²³ They will not labor in vain,^(G)
    nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune;^(H)
for they will be a people blessed^(I) by the Lord,
    they and their descendants^(J) with them.

⁵ Again you will plant^(A) vineyards
    on the hills of Samaria;^(B)
the farmers will plant them
    and enjoy their fruit.^(C)
6 There will be a day when watchmen^(D) cry out
    on the hills of Ephraim,
‘Come, let us go up to Zion,
    to the Lord our God.’”^(E)

“Sing^(F) with joy for Jacob;
    shout for the foremost^(G) of the nations.
Make your praises heard, and say,
    ‘Lord, save^(H) your people,
    the remnant^(I) of Israel.’
⁸ See, I will bring them from the land of the north^(J)
    and gather^(K) them from the ends of the earth.
Among them will be the blind^(L) and the lame,^(M)
    expectant mothers and women in labor;
    a great throng will return.
⁹ They will come with weeping;^(N)
    they will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead^(O) them beside streams of water^(P)
    on a level^(Q) path where they will not stumble,
because I am Israel’s father,^(R)
    and Ephraim is my firstborn son.

¹⁰ “Hear the word of the Lord, you nations;
    proclaim it in distant coastlands:^(S)
‘He who scattered^(T) Israel will gather^(U) them
    and will watch over his flock like a shepherd.’^(V)
11 For the Lord will deliver Jacob
    and redeem^(W) them from the hand of those stronger^(X) than they.
¹² They will come and shout for joy^(Y) on the heights^(Z) of Zion;
    they will rejoice in the bounty^(AA) of the Lord—
the grain, the new wine and the olive oil,^(AB)
    the young of the flocks^(AC) and herds.
They will be like a well-watered garden,^(AD)
    and they will sorrow^(AE) no more.