8 Behold, I will bring them ^afrom the north country,
And ^bgather them from the ends of the earth,
Among them the blind and the lame,
The woman with child
And the one who labors with child, together;
A great throng shall return there. ‡

9 ^aThey shall come with weeping,
And with supplications I will lead them.
I will cause them to walk ^bby the rivers of waters,
In a straight way in which they shall not stumble;
For I am a Father to Israel,
And Ephraim is My ^cfirstborn. ‡

11 For ^athe Lord has redeemed Jacob,
And ransomed him ^bfrom the hand of one stronger than he. ‡

12 Therefore they shall come and sing in ^athe height of Zion,
Streaming to ^bthe goodness of the Lord—
For wheat and new wine and oil,
For the young of the flock and the herd;
Their souls shall be like a ^cwell-watered garden,
^dAnd they shall sorrow no more at all. ‡