Jeremiah 31:9-13

English Standard Version

⁹^(A)With weeping they shall come,
    ^(B)and with pleas for mercy I will lead them back,
I will make them ^(C)walk by brooks of water,
    ^(D)in a straight path in which they shall not stumble,
for ^(E)I am a father to Israel,
    and Ephraim is ^(F)my firstborn.

¹⁰“Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,
    and declare it in the coastlands far away;
say, ‘He who scattered Israel will ^(G)gather him,
    and will keep him ^(H)as a shepherd keeps his flock.’
¹¹^(I)For the Lord has ransomed Jacob
    and has redeemed him from ^(J)hands too strong for him.
¹²They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion,
    ^(K)and they shall be radiant ^(L)over the goodness of the Lord,
^(M)over the grain, the wine, and the oil,
    and over the young of the flock and the herd;
^(N)their life shall be like a watered garden,
    ^(O)and they shall languish no more.
¹³^(P)Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance,
    and the young men and the old shall be merry.
^(Q)I will turn their mourning into joy;
    I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.