⁴ From ^[a]them will come the ^(A)cornerstone,
From ^[b]them the tent peg,
From ^[c]them the bow of ^[d](B)battle,
From ^[e]them every good ^[f]taskmaster, all of them together.
⁵ And they will be as mighty men,
^(C)Treading down the enemy in the mire of the streets in battle;
And they will battle, for Yahweh will be with them;
And the ^(D)riders on horses will be put to shame.
⁶ I will ^(E)make the house of Judah mighty,
And I will ^(F)save the house of Joseph,
And I will ^[g](G)cause them to return,
Because I have had ^(H)compassion on them;
And they will be as though I had ^(I)not rejected them,
For I am Yahweh their God, and I will ^(J)answer them.
⁷ And Ephraim will be like a mighty man,
And their heart will be glad as if from wine;
Indeed, their ^(K)children will see it and be glad;
^[h]Their heart will rejoice in Yahweh.
⁸ I will ^(L)whistle for them to gather them together,
For I have redeemed them;
And they will be as ^(M)numerous as they ^(N)were ^[i]before.
⁹ And I will sow them among the peoples,
And they will ^(O)remember Me in far countries,
And they with their children will live and turn back.
¹⁰ Then I will cause them to ^(P)return from the land of Egypt
And gather them from Assyria;
And I will bring them into the land of ^(Q)Gilead and Lebanon
^[j]Until ^(R)no room can be found for them.
¹¹ And ^[k]they will pass through the ^(S)sea of distress,
And He will strike the waves in the sea,
So that all the depths of the ^(T)Nile will dry up;
And the pride of ^(U)Assyria will be brought down,
And the scepter of ^(V)Egypt will depart.
¹² And I will ^(W)make them mighty in Yahweh,
And in His name ^(X)they will walk,” declares Yahweh.