¹² He will raise a banner^(J) for the nations
    and gather^(K) the exiles of Israel;^(L)
he will assemble the scattered people^(M) of Judah
    from the four quarters of the earth.^(N)

¹⁶ There will be a highway^(A) for the remnant^(B) of his people
    that is left from Assyria,^(C)
as there was for Israel
    when they came up from Egypt.^(D)

“Sing^(A) with joy for Jacob;
    shout for the foremost^(B) of the nations.
Make your praises heard, and say,
    ‘Lord, save^(C) your people,
    the remnant^(D) of Israel.’
⁸ See, I will bring them from the land of the north^(E)
    and gather^(F) them from the ends of the earth.
Among them will be the blind^(G) and the lame,^(H)
    expectant mothers and women in labor;
    a great throng will return.