“The deliverer will come from Zion;
    he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.

²⁰ “The Redeemer^(A) will come to Zion,^(B)
    to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,”^(C)
declares the Lord.

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.
⁹ Though I scatter them among the peoples,
    yet in distant lands they will remember me.^(I)
They and their children will survive,
    and they will return.
¹⁰ I will bring them back from Egypt
    and gather them from Assyria.^(J)
I will bring them to Gilead^(K) and Lebanon,
    and there will not be room^(L) enough for them.
¹¹ They will pass through the sea of trouble;
    the surging sea will be subdued
    and all the depths of the Nile will dry up.^(M)
Assyria’s pride^(N) will be brought down
    and Egypt’s scepter^(O) will pass away.^(P)
12 I will strengthen^(Q) them in the Lord
    and in his name they will live securely,^(R)”
declares the Lord.

¹⁴     and I will bring^(A) my people Israel back from exile.^[a](B)

“They will rebuild the ruined cities^(C) and live in them.
    They will plant vineyards^(D) and drink their wine;
    they will make gardens and eat their fruit.^(E)
15 I will plant^(F) Israel in their own land,^(G)
    never again to be uprooted^(H)
    from the land I have given them,”^(I)

says the Lord your God.^(J)