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They will come with weeping.
    I will lead them with petitions.
I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters,
    in a straight way in which they won’t stumble;
for I am a father to Israel.
    Ephraim is my firstborn.

10 “Hear Yahweh’s word, you nations,
    and declare it in the distant islands. Say,
‘He who scattered Israel will gather him,
    and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.’
11 For Yahweh has ransomed Jacob,
    and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

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