“The people who survived the sword
Found grace in the wilderness—
Israel, when ^(C)I went to give him rest.”

³ The Lord has appeared ^[a]of old to me, saying:
“Yes, ^(D)I have loved you with ^(E)an everlasting love;
Therefore with lovingkindness I have ^(F)drawn you.
⁴ Again ^(G)I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt,
O virgin of Israel!
You shall again be adorned with your ^(H)tambourines,
And shall go forth in the dances of those who rejoice.
^5 (I)You shall yet plant vines on the mountains of Samaria;
The planters shall plant and ^[b]eat them as ordinary food.
⁶ For there shall be a day
When the watchmen will cry on Mount Ephraim,
^(J)‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion,
To the Lord our God.’ ”

^(K)“Sing with gladness for Jacob,
And shout among the chief of the nations;
Proclaim, give praise, and say,
‘O Lord, save Your people,
The remnant of Israel!’
⁸ Behold, I will bring them ^(L)from the north country,
And ^(M)gather 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.
^9 (N)They shall come with weeping,
And with supplications I will lead them.
I will cause them to walk ^(O)by 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 ^(P)firstborn.

¹⁰ “Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,
And declare it in the ^[c]isles afar off, and say,
‘He who scattered Israel ^(Q)will gather him,
And keep him as a shepherd does his flock.’
¹¹ For ^(R)the Lord has redeemed Jacob,
And ransomed him ^(S)from the hand of one stronger than he.
¹² Therefore they shall come and sing in ^(T)the height of Zion,
Streaming to ^(U)the 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 ^(V)well-watered garden,
^(W)And 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.

^6 (I)I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;
They shall ^[f]never hold their peace day or night.
You who ^[g]make mention of the Lord, do not keep silent,
⁷ And give Him no rest till He establishes
And till He makes Jerusalem ^(J)a praise in the earth.

⁸ The Lord has sworn by His right hand
And by the arm of His strength:
“Surely I will no longer ^(K)give your grain
As food for your enemies;
And the sons of the foreigner shall not drink your new wine,
For which you have labored.
⁹ But those who have gathered it shall eat it,
And praise the Lord;
Those who have brought it together shall drink it ^(L)in My holy courts.”

¹⁰ Go through,
Go through the gates!
^(M)Prepare the way for the people;
Build up,
Build up the highway!
Take out the stones,
^(N)Lift up a banner for the peoples!

¹¹ Indeed the Lord has proclaimed
To the end of the world:
^(O)“Say to the daughter of Zion,
‘Surely your salvation is coming;
Behold, His ^(P)reward is with Him,
And His ^[h]work before Him.’ ”
¹² And they shall call them The Holy People,
The Redeemed of the Lord;
And you shall be called Sought Out,
A City Not Forsaken.

^(T)“Awake, you who sleep,
Arise from the dead,
And Christ will give you light.”

^(P)“You are worthy to take the scroll,
And to open its seals;
For You were slain,
And ^(Q)have redeemed us to God ^(R)by Your blood
Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
¹⁰ And have made ^[d]us ^(S)kings^[e] and ^(T)priests to our God;
And ^[f]we shall reign on the earth.”

“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
To receive power and riches and wisdom,
And strength and honor and glory and blessing!”

^(V)“Blessing and honor and glory and power
Be to Him ^(W)who sits on the throne,
And to the Lamb, forever and ^[g]ever!”