6. I will strengthen the house of Judahand deliver the house of Joseph. I will restore thembecause I have compassion on them,and they will beas though I had never rejected them. For I am Yahweh their God,and I will answer them.
7. Ephraim will be like a warrior,and their hearts will be glad as if with wine.Their children will see it and be glad; their hearts will rejoice in Yahweh.
8. I will whistle and gather thembecause I have redeemed them;they will be as numerous as they once were.
9. Though I sow them among the nations,they will remember Me in the distant lands;they and their children will live and return.
10. I will bring them back from the land of Egyptand gather them from Assyria.I will bring them to the land of Gilead and to Lebanon,but it will not be enough for them.
11. Yahweh will pass through the sea of distressand strike the waves of the sea;all the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down,and the scepter of Egypt will come to an end.
12. I will strengthen them in Yahweh,and they will march in His name —this is Yahweh’s declaration.