Jeremiah 31:7-9

New Catholic Bible

⁷ For thus says the Lord:
    Raise shouts of joy for Jacob;
    sing your praises for the chief of the nations.
Proclaim your praises as you say,
    “The Lord has delivered his people,
    the remnant of Israel.”
⁸ Behold, I will bring them back
    from the land of the north,
and I will gather them together
    from the ends of the earth.
Among them will be the blind and the lame,
    expectant mothers and women in labor;
    they will return as a vast throng.
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.