⁴ I will build you up again,
    and you, Virgin^(A) Israel, will be rebuilt.^(B)
Again you will take up your timbrels^(C)
    and go out to dance^(D) with the joyful.^(E)
5 Again you will plant^(F) vineyards
    on the hills of Samaria;^(G)
the farmers will plant them
    and enjoy their fruit.^(H)
6 There will be a day when watchmen^(I) cry out
    on the hills of Ephraim,
‘Come, let us go up to Zion,
    to the Lord our God.’”^(J)

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

¹⁰ “Hear the word of the Lord, you nations;
    proclaim it in distant coastlands:^(X)
‘He who scattered^(Y) Israel will gather^(Z) them
    and will watch over his flock like a shepherd.’^(AA)
11 For the Lord will deliver Jacob
    and redeem^(AB) them from the hand of those stronger^(AC) than they.
¹² They will come and shout for joy^(AD) on the heights^(AE) of Zion;
    they will rejoice in the bounty^(AF) of the Lord—
the grain, the new wine and the olive oil,^(AG)
    the young of the flocks^(AH) and herds.
They will be like a well-watered garden,^(AI)
    and they will sorrow^(AJ) no more.
¹³ Then young women will dance and be glad,
    young men and old as well.
I will turn their mourning^(AK) into gladness;
    I will give them comfort^(AL) and joy^(AM) instead of sorrow.
¹⁴ I will satisfy^(AN) the priests^(AO) with abundance,
    and my people will be filled with my bounty,^(AP)”
declares the Lord.