1
In that time, said the LORD,
I will be the God unto all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
2
Thus hath the LORD said, The people
which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness as
I went to cause Israel to find rest.
3
The LORD has appeared of old unto me,
saying, I have loved thee with an eternal love: therefore, I have put up with thee with mercy.
4
Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tambourines and shalt go forth in the chorus of dancers.
5
Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant and shall eat
them as common things.
6
For there shall be a day in which the watchmen upon the Mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise, and let us go up into Zion unto the LORD our God.
7
For thus hath the LORD said; Rejoice in Jacob with joy, and
give shouts of joy at the head of the Gentiles; cause
this to be heard,
give praise, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
8
Behold, I turn them from the land of the north
wind and gather them from the coasts of the earth; there shall be blind and lame among them, and women with child and those that travail with child together; a great company shall return there.
9
They shall come with weeping, but with mercies I will cause them to return; I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, in which they shall not stumble; for I shall be a father to Israel, and Ephraim
shall be my firstborn.