Jeremiah 31:7-9

New Century Version

“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,
    those who are left alive from the nation of Israel!’
⁸ Look, I will soon bring Israel from the country in the north,
    and I will gather them from the faraway places on earth.
Some of the people are blind and crippled.
    Some of the women are pregnant, and some are ready to give birth.
    A great many people will come back.
⁹ They will be crying as they come,
    but they will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead those people by streams of water
    on an even road where they will not stumble.
I am Israel’s father,
    and Israel is my firstborn son.