^5 (A)Fear not, for I am with you;
I will bring your descendants from the east,
And ^(B)gather you from the west;

⁶ I will say to the ^(A)north, ‘Give them up!’
And to the south, ‘Do not keep them back!’
Bring My sons from afar,
And My daughters from the ends of the earth—

⁸ Behold, I will bring them ^(A)from the north country,
And ^(B)gather 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 (C)They shall come with weeping,
And with supplications I will lead them.
I will cause them to walk ^(D)by 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 ^(E)firstborn.