1. “At that time, declares the Lord, I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they shall be my people.”
2. Thus says the Lord:“The people who survived the swordfound grace in the wilderness; when Israel sought for rest,
3. the Lord appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love;therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.
4. Again I will build you, and you shall be built,O virgin Israel! Again you shall adorn yourself with tambourinesand shall go forth in the dance of the merrymakers.
5. Again you shall plant vineyardson the mountains of Samaria;the planters shall plantand shall enjoy the fruit.
6. For there shall be a day when watchmen will callin the hill country of Ephraim: ‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion,to the Lord our God.’”
7. For thus says the Lord: “Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob,and raise shouts for the chief of the nations;proclaim, give praise, and say, ‘O Lord, save your people,the remnant of Israel.’
8. Behold, I will bring them from the north countryand gather them from the farthest parts of the earth,among them the blind and the lame,the pregnant woman and she who is in labor, together;a great company, they shall return here.