Jeremiah 31:7-9

New International Reader's Version

“Sing for joy because the people of Jacob are blessed.
    Shout because the Lord has made them the greatest nation.
Make your praises heard.
    Say, ‘Lord, save your people.
    Save the people who are left alive in Israel.’
⁸ I will bring them from the land of the north.
    I will gather them from one end of the earth to the other.
Even those who are blind and those who can’t walk
    will be among them.
Pregnant women and women having their babies
    will be among them also.
    Many of them will return.
⁹ Their eyes will be filled with tears as they come.
    They will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead them beside streams of water.
    I will lead them on a level path
    where they will not trip or fall.
I am Israel’s father.
    And Ephraim is my oldest son.