“I will gather the lame;^(A)
    I will assemble the exiles^(B)
    and those I have brought to grief.^(C)
7 I will make the lame my remnant,^(D)
    those driven away a strong nation.^(E)
The Lord will rule over them in Mount Zion^(F)
    from that day and forever.^(G)

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

¹⁰ “Hear the word of the Lord, you nations;
    proclaim it in distant coastlands:^(N)
‘He who scattered^(O) Israel will gather^(P) them
    and will watch over his flock like a shepherd.’^(Q)

⁶ “I will strengthen^(A) Judah
    and save the tribes of Joseph.
I will restore them
    because I have compassion^(B) on them.^(C)
They will be as though
    I had not rejected them,
for I am the Lord their God
    and I will answer^(D) them.
⁷ The Ephraimites will become like warriors,
    and their hearts will be glad as with wine.^(E)
Their children will see it and be joyful;
    their hearts will rejoice^(F) in the Lord.
⁸ I will signal^(G) for them
    and gather them in.
Surely I will redeem them;
    they will be as numerous^(H) as before.

¹⁸ Who is a God^(A) like you,
    who pardons sin^(B) and forgives^(C) the transgression
    of the remnant^(D) of his inheritance?^(E)
You do not stay angry^(F) forever
    but delight to show mercy.^(G)