Jeremiah 31:7-9

International Children’s Bible

“Be happy and sing for the people of Jacob.
    Shout for Israel, the greatest of the nations.
Sing your praises and shout this:
    ‘Lord, save your people!
    Save those who are left alive from the nation of Israel!’
⁸ Look, I will bring Israel from the country in the north.
    I will gather them from the faraway places on earth.
Some of the people are blind and crippled.
    Some of the women will be pregnant and ready to give birth.
    A great many people will come back.
⁹ Those people will be crying as they come back.
    But they will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead those people by streams of water.
    I will lead them on an even road where they will not stumble.
This is because I am Israel’s father.
    And Israel is my firstborn son.