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Look, I’m bringing them from the northern region,[a]
    and I’ll gather them from the farthest parts of the earth.
Among them will be the blind and the lame,
    together with the pregnant woman
        and the woman in labor.
A large group will return here.
They’ll come crying,
    and I’ll lead them as they pray for mercy.[b]
I’ll make them walk by streams of water,
    along a straight path on which they won’t stumble.
For I am Israel’s father,
    and Ephraim is my firstborn.”

10 Nations, listen to this message from the Lord,
    and declare it in the distant coastlands.
Say, “The one who scattered Israel will gather him
    and keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:8 Lit. the land of the north
  2. Jeremiah 31:9 Lit. I’ll lead them with prayer for mercy

See, I will bring them from the land of the north(A)
    and gather(B) them from the ends of the earth.
Among them will be the blind(C) and the lame,(D)
    expectant mothers and women in labor;
    a great throng will return.
They will come with weeping;(E)
    they will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead(F) them beside streams of water(G)
    on a level(H) path where they will not stumble,
because I am Israel’s father,(I)
    and Ephraim is my firstborn son.

10 “Hear the word of the Lord, you nations;
    proclaim it in distant coastlands:(J)
‘He who scattered(K) Israel will gather(L) them
    and will watch over his flock like a shepherd.’(M)

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