⁶ I will tell the north to let them go
    and the south not to hold them back.
Let my people return from distant lands,
    from every part of the world.

⁹ My people will return weeping,
    praying as I lead them back.
I will guide them to streams of water,
    on a smooth road where they will not stumble.
I am like a father to Israel,
    and Ephraim is my oldest son.”