“The deliverer will come from Zion;
    he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.
²⁷ And this is^[b] my covenant with them
    when I take away their sins.”^[c](G)

⁸ See, I will bring them from the land of the north^(A)
    and gather^(B) them from the ends of the earth.
Among them will be the blind^(C) and the lame,^(D)
    expectant mothers and women in labor;
    a great throng will return.

¹² See, they will come from afar^(A)—
    some from the north, some from the west,^(B)
    some from the region of Aswan.^[a]”

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)

¹⁰ They will follow the Lord;
    he will roar^(A) like a lion.^(B)
When he roars,
    his children will come trembling^(C) from the west.^(D)
11 They will come from Egypt,
    trembling like sparrows,
    from Assyria,^(E) fluttering like doves.^(F)
I will settle them in their homes,”^(G)
    declares the Lord.