⁷ For thus says the Lord:
^(A)“Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob,
    and raise shouts for ^(B)the chief of the nations;
proclaim, give praise, and say,
    ^(C)‘O Lord, save your people,
    the remnant of Israel.’
⁸ Behold, I will bring them ^(D)from the north country
    and ^(E)gather them from ^(F)the farthest parts of the earth,
among them ^(G)the blind and the lame,
    the pregnant woman and she who is in labor, together;
    a great company, they shall return here.
^9 (H)With weeping they shall come,
    ^(I)and with pleas for mercy I will lead them back,
I will make them ^(J)walk by brooks of water,
    ^(K)in a straight path in which they shall not stumble,
for ^(L)I am a father to Israel,
    and Ephraim is ^(M)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 ^(N)gather him,
    and will keep him ^(O)as a shepherd keeps his flock.’
^11 (P)For the Lord has ransomed Jacob
    and has redeemed him from ^(Q)hands too strong for him.
¹² They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion,
    ^(R)and they shall be radiant ^(S)over the goodness of the Lord,
^(T)over the grain, the wine, and the oil,
    and over the young of the flock and the herd;
^(U)their life shall be like a watered garden,
    ^(V)and they shall languish no more.
^13 (W)Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance,
    and the young men and the old shall be merry.
^(X)I will turn their mourning into joy;
    I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.
^14 (Y)I will feast the soul of the priests with abundance,
    and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness,
declares the Lord.”