⁹ They will return, weeping uncontrollably,
    but I will console them as I lead them back.
I will lead them beside streams of water
    along a level path where they will not stumble.
For I am a father to Israel,
    and Ephraim is my firstborn son.
¹⁰ Pay heed, you nations, to the word of the Lord;
    proclaim it even on the distant coastlands and say:
He who scattered Israel will now gather them together
    and watch over his flock like a shepherd.
¹¹ For the Lord has ransomed Jacob
    and redeemed him from the hands of a foe
    far too strong for him.