Jeremiah 31:7-14 - God's People Brought Home

⁷ Jehovah says: Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations. Proclaim! Give praise and say, O Jehovah, save your people, the remnant of Israel. ⁸ I am bringing them from the North Country. I will gather them from the remote parts of the earth. Among them are the blind and the lame, the woman with child and she who is in labor with child. As a great company they will return here. ⁹ With weeping they will come. By supplication I will lead them. I will make them walk by streams of waters on a straight path in which they will not stumble. For I am a father to Israel and Ephraim is my firstborn. ¹⁰ Hear the word of Jehovah, O nations. Declare in the coastlands afar off. Say: He who scattered Israel will gather him and keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock. ¹¹ Jehovah will free the descendants of Jacob and reclaim them from those who are stronger than they are. ¹² They will come and shout for joy on top of Mount Zion. They will stream to it to enjoy Jehovah's blessings: fresh grain, new wine, olive oil, lambs and calves. Their lives will be like well-watered gardens, and they will never suffer again. ¹³ Then young women will rejoice and dance along with young men and old men. I will turn their mourning into joy. I will comfort them. I will replace their sorrow with joy. ¹⁴ I will satisfy the priests with rich food. My people will be filled with my blessings, proclaims Jehovah.